Senior business analysts who need to align requirements with business objectives, address cultural issues and document requirements at the appropriate level. Advanced Requirements Engineering is also an Analytical module on the BCS (ISEB) 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 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 tackles the reasons for failure and, via a mixture of discussion and practical work, will help experienced business analysts develop strategies that will help them avoid requirements pitfalls and tackle more challenging requirements engineering assignments.
Presented to you by one of the expert training consultants pictured below, each member of our Advanced Requirements Engineering training team bring their substantial experience of working on challenging and complex requirements engineering assignments to the programme.
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.
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.
- The enterprise
- The analysis portfolio
- The requirements engineering plan
- Engaging with stakeholders
- The requirements taxonomy
- NFRs - User interface requirements
- NFRs – Service quality requirements
- Acceptance and approval of requirements
- Course summary and review
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, which is held on the final afternoon of the course. A pass means you’re another step closer to achieving the BCS International Advanced Diploma in Business Analysis.
At present, due to the Covid-19 crisis, the exam is not available in a classroom environment. However, for delegates attending a virtual or online course, the exam may be taken using the BCS online proctoring service. This exam consists of 40 multiple-choice questions with a pass mark of 26/40.
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.
Advanced Requirements Engineering (a three-day course)
Course Content
Understanding the enterprise
- Enterprise Architecture: Zachman Framework; TOGAF
- Business Architecture: The Business Model Canvas; capability maps and capabilities; value streams
- Value propositions and service thinking
The analysis portfolio
- Portfolios, Programmes and Projects: definitions and governance
- Enterprise governance
- Requirements governance
- The portfolio of analysis projects
- Analysis portfolio prioritisation and planning
The requirements engineering plan
- Programme Manager, Project Manager, Business Architect: roles and responsibilities
- Terms of reference for requirements engineering
- Problem definition
- Planning and estimating for requirements engineering
Engaging with stakeholders
- Relevance of elicitation techniques
- Questioning approaches
- Listening levels and behaviours
- Assertiveness levels
The requirements taxonomy
- Enterprise drivers for requirements
- The hierarchy of requirements
- Prioritisation techniques: MoSCoW; Kano
- Decomposition of requirements and priorities
- Requirements traceability and re-use
Non-functional requirements: user interface requirements
- Customer experience and user experience
- User role attributes and personas
- Usability and accessibility requirements
- Look and feel requirements
- Visualisation techniques: wireframes; prototypes
Non-functional requirements: service quality requirements
- Rationale for 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
Acceptance and approval of requirements
- Quality assurance for requirements engineering
- Validation of the RE plan and deliverables
- Acceptance criteria for requirements
- Alignment of requirements to the strategic vision
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