Business architects, business designers, enterprise architects, customer journey managers and senior business analysts who need to align requirements with business objectives and improve the consistency of requirements outputs. Advanced Requirements Engineering is also an Analytical module on the BCS Advanced Diploma in Business Analysis.

Despite the fundamental principles of requirements engineering being relatively well-defined, ‘poor requirements’ are regularly held up as the reason for project failures.
Experienced business analysts and customer journey managers know that this can be due to many factors, including failure to align requirements with business objectives, address cultural issues and document requirements at the correct level.
This Advanced Requirements Engineering course includes a mixture of discussion and practical work to help experienced business analysts tackle more challenging requirements engineering assignments and develop strategies to avoid requirements pitfalls.
The course is presented by one of the expert training consultants pictured below. Each member of our Advanced Requirements Engineering training team brings substantial experience of working on challenging and complex requirements engineering assignments to the programme.

Upon the completion of this workshop, candidates will be able to demonstrate understanding, application and analysis of requirements engineering in the following areas:

•    The Enterprise Context 
•    The Business Analysis Service Portfolio 
•    The Requirements Engineering Plan 
•    Engagement with Stakeholders 
•    The Requirements Taxonomy 
•    Non-Functional Requirements: Customer Experience Requirements 
•    Non-Functional Requirements: Service Quality Requirements 
•    Acceptance and Approval of Requirements

To give you more of an idea of what you’ll learn and how the course will help you, here’s a quick guide to those three days.

For virtual courses a printed copy of the latest edition of the comprehensive course manual will be sent to your home address in good time for the start of your course. Our delegates tell us that having access to a physical document is beneficial as both a reference document and for taking notes during the course. In addition, a link will be emailed to you to enable you to access an electronic copy of the same comprehensive manual for convenient future reference.

Yes. During this three day course you’ll receive all the training you need to prepare for the BCS Professional Certificate in Advanced Requirements Engineering examination. A pass means you’re another step closer to achieving the BCS International Advanced Diploma in Business Analysis.

For delegates attending a classroom, virtual classroom or eLearning course, the exam may be taken remotely using the BCS online proctoring service. This exam consists of 40 multiple-choice questions with a pass mark of 26/40.

If this course is part of your BCS Advanced Diploma in Business Analysis programme you have a choice of further modules you can take including Business Architecture, Agile Business Analysis, Data Analysis, Business Finance, Benefits Planning and Realisation, Team Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement. The structure of the certification is shown here.

Advanced Requirements Engineering (a three-day course)
Course Content

The enterprise context

• Enterprise Architecture (EA): EA Domains Zachman Framework
• Business Architecture: The Business Model Canvas; capability maps; value streams
• Customer and user experience

The business analysis service portfolio

• Service thinking and value co-creation
• Value propositions
• The Business Analysis Service Framework (BASF)
• Portfolios, Programmes and Projects: definitions and governance
• Enterprise governance
• Requirements governance

The requirements engineering plan

• Analysis planning
• Terms of reference for requirements engineering
• The outcome frame
• Problem definition
• Planning and estimating for requirements engineering

Engaging with stakeholders

• Relevance of elicitation techniques
• Understanding the cultural context for requirements engineering
• Rapport
• Questioning approaches
• Listening levels and behaviours
• Assertiveness 

The requirements taxonomy

• Enterprise drivers for requirements
• The hierarchy of requirements
• Prioritisation techniques: MoSCoW; Kano
• Business use case diagram and Epics
• Decomposition of requirements and priorities
• Requirements traceability
• Requirement patterns and re-use

Non-functional requirements: customer experience requirements

• Customer experience 
• Customer journey mapping
• User role attributes and personas
• Usability and accessibility requirements
• Look and feel requirements
• Visualisation techniques: wireframes; prototypes

Non-functional requirements: service quality requirements

• Performance, capacity and scalability requirements
• Backup and recovery requirements
• Archiving and deletion requirements
• Maintainability, availability and reliability requirements
• Security and access requirements
• Misuse cases

Acceptance and approval of requirements

• Quality assurance for requirements engineering
• Validation perspectives
• Acceptance criteria for requirements
• Advancement in requirements

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Is the exam taken during the actual course?

No. The exam can be taken on a date and time of your choice. You will be provided with exam registration details one week before the start of your course. We recommend that you take the exam within two weeks of the end of your course, while the knowledge is fresh.

When will I receive my exam results and certificate?

Exams will be taken online you will find out your result immediately on completion. Then, approximately two weeks after the exam this will be confirmed via the BCS portal and you can print out your certificate.