BCS Requirements Engineering

Course Dates, Location & Prices

Dates	Location	Price (Including exam fee)	Places Available
No dates currently scheduled	Farringdon, London		Good Availability

This course is currenrtly only available for on-site delivery.

For public training candidates wanting to obtain the BCS certificate in Requirements Engineering can do so through our Fundamentals of Business Analysis training course, this course runs every 2-3 weeks and includes the BCS Requirements Engineering exam.

Course Details

This three day course is aimed at those who want work towards their BCS Diploma in Business Analysis.

This BCS accredited course is concerned with the Requirements Engineering approach to requirements definition. Its focus is on using a systematic approach to eliciting, analysing, validating, documenting and managing requirements.

Requirements Engineering - Intended Audience

Business Analysts, Requirements Engineers, Systems Analysts and Consultants who wish to train specifically in the area of Requirements Engineering and gain the BCS certificate in Requirements Engineering.

If you are a new business analyst and you would like more indepth training covering the complete role of the business analyst please look at our Fundamentals of Business Analysis training course, which also includes the BCS certificate in Requirements Engineering.

Part of the BCS Diploma in Business Analysis

Requirements Engineering is one of the core modules for those wanting to achieve their BCS Diploma in Business Analysis. To obtain the full Diploma candidates must also obtain the other core module of Business Analysis Essentials, the Knowledge-based specialism module of either Organisational Context or the Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis and the Practitioner specialism module of either Modelling Business Processes or Systems Development Essentials. Candidates must also take a one hour oral exam directly with the BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, following successful completion of the four modular certificates.

Requirements Engineering Course Objectives

By the end of the course the delegate will be able to:

Describe the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders in the requirements engineering process
Demonstrate the application of a range of requirements elicitation techniques
Explain the use of requirements elicitation techniques and the relevance of the techniques to given situations
Document and prioritise user requirements for an information system
Identify problems with requirements and explain how requirements documentation may be improved
Create a process/function model of requirements for an information system
Interpret a model of the data requirements for an information system
Explain the importance of linking project objectives and requirements to the Business Case Describe the principles of Requirements Management and explain the importance of managing requirements
Describe the use of CASE tools to support Requirements Engineering
Explain the principles of Requirements Validation and define an approach to validating requirements

Course Structure

Module 1 - Lifecycle for business change
Module 2 - Nature and problems of Requirements
Module 3 - Hierarchy of Requirements
Module 4 - Stakeholders in the Requirements process
Module 5 - Requirements Elicitation
Module 6 - Use of models in requirements engineering
Module 7 - Documenting the requirements
Module 8 - Requirements Analysis
Module 9 - Requirements Validation
Module 10 - Requirements Management
Module 11 - Benefits Confirmation

At the end of the final day candidates will take the BCS exam in Requirements Engineering

Case Study

A team-based case study is used throughout the course. Delegates are encouraged to make short informal presentations at the end of each case study exercise to build their confidence.

Course Information

The duration of this course is three days. Courses run daily from 9.00 am until 5.30 pm. During the last 1 hour 15 minutes of the course candidates sit the BCS exam in Requirements Engineering. The format for the examination is a one hour written (open book) examination based on a business scenario with 15 minutes reading time.

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