Requirements Engineering training prepares professionals for the internationally recognised IREB CPRE Foundation Level certification covering elicitation, documentation, validation and management.
IREB CPRE Foundation Requirements Engineering Training Course
This Requirements Engineering course is an instructor led certification course that prepares you for the IREB Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering, Foundation Level exam, known as CPRE-FL. It teaches the recognised methods and techniques used to elicit, document, validate, negotiate and manage requirements so that software and systems are built on a clear and agreed foundation. The course follows the official IREB Foundation Level syllabus 3.0 and suits anyone who works with requirements, from business analysts and requirements engineers to product owners, testers, developers and project managers.
What you will learn
You will work through the full requirements engineering process. This covers the fundamentals and principles of requirements engineering, defining the system and its context, eliciting requirements from the right stakeholders and sources, documenting requirements in both natural language and models, validating and negotiating requirements to resolve conflict, and managing requirements through attributes, prioritisation, traceability, versioning and change. The course closes with the tools that support this work in practice.
Who this course suits
The Foundation Level is the entry point into the IREB certification scheme, so no prior certification is required. It is well suited to people moving into requirements and business analysis roles, as well as experienced practitioners who want a recognised qualification. If you are building a wider career in this area, this course pairs naturally with our IREB RE@Agile Primer course and the broader range of Business Analysis courses.
The certification and exam
On passing the CPRE-FL exam you earn the IREB Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering, Foundation Level certificate, which is recognised internationally and held for life with no renewal required. People search for this both by its full name and by the short forms IREB and CPRE, which all point to the same Foundation Level credential. The official exam fee is included in your course price, and Logitrain has trained over 15,000 professionals since 2004, so you are learning with an experienced Australian provider. To take your skills further into delivery and placement, see the Business Analysis Job Ready Program.
The IREB Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering, Foundation Level is the most widely held requirements engineering credential, with tens of thousands of professionals certified across more than eighty countries. It proves that you understand requirements engineering as a discipline rather than a task, and that you can elicit, document, validate and manage requirements to a recognised standard. Clear requirements are where most project failures are won or lost, so the certificate signals real value to employers across business analysis, product ownership, testing, development and project management. It sits at the foundation of the IREB path, giving you a solid base before moving into the Practitioner specialisations or combining requirements work with agile delivery.
With Logitrain the official exam fee is included in the course price, so there is no separate exam cost to budget for. You keep your digital course material for ongoing reference, and full-time courses include a mock test to check your readiness before the real exam. Every course is backed by our price beat guarantee, so if you find the same course advertised for less we will beat it. You can train in person in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, in person on request in Adelaide, Perth and Canberra, or live online anywhere in Australia, with skilled and experienced trainers delivering every session live in real time. Full-time, part-time weeknight and part-time weekend timings give you the flexibility to certify around work.
There are no formal prerequisites for the IREB CPRE Foundation Level course or its exam. It is designed as the entry point into requirements engineering, so anyone interested in the topic can enrol and sit the exam without holding an earlier certificate.
To get the most from the course, IREB recommends a basic familiarity with how software or systems are developed, along with some practical exposure to working with stakeholders or business documents. This background is helpful rather than required. If you are new to the wider field, browsing our Business Analysis courses will help you see where this certificate fits before you book.
Candidates can achieve this certification by passing the following exam.
- CPRE-FL: IREB Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering, Foundation Level (Syllabus 3.0)
The exam fee is included in your course. You can book and sit the exam within three months of finishing your course. IREB exams are delivered by an IREB recognised certification body, so you can sit the exam online with live proctoring from a private space, or in a supervised session arranged through your course.
Exam format: 45 multiple choice questions, 75 minutes, with a passing score of 70 percent of the available points. Questions carry one to three points depending on difficulty. Candidates sitting in a language that is not their native language can request an extension to 90 minutes.
The IREB CPRE-FL course material is included in digital format and is aligned to the IREB Foundation Level syllabus 3.0, so you have everything mapped to the exam in one place.
After this course you will be able to:
- Explain the role, principles and work products of requirements engineering in software and systems development
- Define the system and the system context, and set clear boundaries for what is in scope
- Identify the right stakeholders and sources of requirements
- Apply elicitation techniques to gather requirements effectively
- Document requirements in natural language and recognise the common pitfalls of prose
- Produce model based documentation and choose the right model for the purpose
- Apply quality criteria to individual requirements and to requirements documents
- Validate and negotiate requirements, and identify and resolve conflicts between stakeholders
- Manage requirements using attributes, views, prioritisation, traceability, versioning and change control
- Evaluate and use requirements engineering tools to support the process
- Prepare with confidence for the IREB CPRE Foundation Level exam
This course is likely to add to the employment related skills of the participants. The skills developed are likely to be used in the course of being an employee or working in a business.
This course suits people who work with requirements in any role, including:
- Business analysts and aspiring business analysts
- Requirements engineers and requirements managers
- Product owners and product managers
- Software and systems developers and architects
- Testers and quality assurance professionals
- Project managers and team leads
- UX and CX professionals who shape what gets built
- Recent graduates and career changers moving into business analysis or requirements roles
- Introduction and Foundations: the role of requirements engineering in software development, important terms, fundamentals of communication theory and requirement types
- System and System Context: defining the considered system, its boundaries and context, and separating it from the irrelevant environment
- Requirements Elicitation: identifying stakeholders and sources, and the main elicitation techniques and when to use them
- Requirements Documentation: the purpose of documentation, document structure and quality criteria, document types and the importance of a glossary
- Documentation of Requirements using Natural Language: the effects of natural language and the common problems when documenting requirements in prose
- Model-based Documentation of Requirements: documenting with models, the main model types and how and when to use them
- Requirements Validation and Negotiation: applying quality criteria, identifying conflicts between stakeholders and resolving them
- Requirements Management: assigning attributes, defining views, prioritising, tracing, versioning and managing requirement changes
- Tool Support: the main tool types and how to evaluate and select them
These related courses and programs help you plan your next step and complete your requirements engineering path:
- IREB RE@Agile Primer course: the natural companion credential that applies requirements engineering methods within agile delivery, ideal once you hold the Foundation Level.
- Business Analysis courses: the full category this course belongs to, covering related requirements and analysis training.
- Business Analysis Job Ready Program: training, certification, internship and career counselling for people building a business analysis career.
- Business Analyst training packages: bundled options that combine business analysis courses for better value.
Got a team to train? Logitrain can deliver this Requirements Engineering CPRE Foundation course in house at your premises anywhere in Australia, with the same features as the public course, including a skilled and experienced trainer, digital course material, a mock test and the included official exam. In house delivery suits teams who want everyone certified together on dates that suit the business, with the content tuned to your projects and tools. Contact us to plan a schedule and group size that works for you.
What is the IREB CPRE Foundation Level certification?
It is the entry level certificate from the International Requirements Engineering Board that proves you understand how to elicit, document, validate and manage requirements to a recognised international standard. It is held for life with no renewal required.
Is the exam included in the course fee?
Yes. The official IREB CPRE-FL exam fee is included in the Logitrain course price, so there is no separate exam cost to arrange.
Are there any prerequisites for this course?
No. There are no formal prerequisites. A basic familiarity with software or systems development is helpful but not required, which makes this the right starting point in the IREB scheme.
Which syllabus version does the course follow?
The course follows the current IREB Foundation Level syllabus 3.0, and the exam is the CPRE-FL exam aligned to that syllabus.
How long is the Requirements Engineering course?
The full-time course runs over three days, with the third day reserved for the mock test and the official certification exam. Delivered part-time it runs over three weeks.
Where can I take the course?
You can train in person in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, in person on request in Adelaide, Perth and Canberra, or live online anywhere in Australia, with every session delivered live in real time by a trainer.
What does the exam involve?
The CPRE-FL exam is 45 multiple choice questions over 75 minutes, and you need 70 percent of the available points to pass. Questions carry one to three points depending on difficulty.
Should I do the Foundation Level before RE@Agile?
Yes. The Foundation Level gives you the core requirements engineering knowledge first, and the IREB RE@Agile Primer then builds on it by applying those methods in agile delivery.
What is included with the Requirements Engineeering Certification Course?
Includes Official Exam Fee
Take the certification exam within 3 months of course / module completion
Authorised Test Centre
Take the official certification exam at Logitrain, a local VUE test centre or online
Includes Course Material
Course material in digital format is included for flexibility and ease of use
Includes Mock & Test Questions
Mock test is included in the full-time courses to assist with your preparation
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Our trainers are highly skilled with expertise and extensive hands-on experience
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