1

Introduction and fundamentals

• Requirements engineering: Definition, symptoms, benefits.
• Requirements engineering activities.
• Classifying requirements.

2

Define the scope and context of the system

• Define the context of the system and its limits.
• Define the scope of the system and its limits.

3

Elucidate the requirements

• Sources of requirements.
• Categorizing requirements in accordance with the Kano model.
• Elucidation techniques.

4

Document the requirements

• Different forms of documentation.
• Different types of documents.
• The structure of documents.
• The use of requirement documents.
• Quality criteria of the requirements document.
• Quality criteria of the requirements.
• The notion of a glossary.

5

Document the requirements in natural language, using models

• The effect of natural language.
• Writing requirements using the template.
• Models in general, goal models, use case models.
• Three perspectives about requirements.
• Modeling requirements in the structural perspective.
• Modeling requirements in the functional perspective.
• Modeling requirements in the behavioral perspective.

6

Validate and negotiate the requirements

• Fundamentals of validating requirements.
• Fundamentals of negotiating requirements.
• Quality aspects of the requirements.
• Principles of validating requirements.
• Techniques for validating requirements.
• How do you negotiate requirements?

7

Manage and equip the requirements

• Characterizing requirements with attributes.
• Different views about requirements.
• Prioritizing requirements.
• Requirement traceability.
• Versioning requirements and managing requirement changes.
• Measuring the activity of requirements engineering: indicators.
• Different types of tools.
• Setting up and evaluating a tool.

8

CPRE Foundation exam

• Tips for the exam.
• Mock exam with commented correction.
• Mock scenario.
• Taking the exam.