BCS Requirements Engineering classroom

This three day classroom course fully prepares you for the Certificate in Requirements Engineering examination offered by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT and it is a core module for the BCS Business Analysis Diploma.

About the course

The ILX Requirements Engineering classroom course is designed for anybody wanting to elicit, analyse, validate, document and manage requirements. You will:

Learn how to take a disciplined and rigorous approach to defining your business requirements
Develop a set of practices and processes to identify requirements in order to develop business and IT solutions
Learn how to draw out information and requirements from key business stakeholders

This course prepares you for the BCS Requirements Engineering examination which is one of the four modules required to gain the International Diploma in Business Analysis.

Duration

This is an intensive three day classroom course with the exam on the afternoon of day three.

Pre-requisites

There are no formal prerequisites for attending this course or taking the exam however you should have some practical experience of business analysis.

Learning objectives

By the end of this course you should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding and application of Requirements Engineering principles and techniques in the following areas:

The requirements engineering framework; the issues and rationale in a business context; the application of the framework
The hierarchy of requirements
Roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders in the Requirements Engineering framework
Requirements elicitation
Requirements modelling
Requirements documentation
Requirements analysis
Requirements validation
Requirements management

All accompanying course material
Requirements Engineering exam
Business Analysis handbook

What's covered?

This course covers the following modules:

Introduction to requirements engineering
Stakeholders in the requirements process
Requirements elicitation
Hierarchy of requirements
Requirements analysis
Use of models in requirements engineering
Requirements Documentation
Requirements validation and management

Target audience

This course will appeal to anyone requiring an understanding of requirements engineering, including:
•   Business Analysts
•   Business Managers and their staff
•   Business Change Managers
•   Project Managers