Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (IREB) - CPRE

It is worthwhile to the advanced beginner in Requirements Engineering to achieve foundation level certificate in requirements engineering as it provides the core knowledge of this topic. Professionals working with Requirements Engineering, Business Analysis, software and systems development, professional who is demanding in terms of quality and professionalism, should go for it. The Foundation Level encompasses the elicitation of requirements with appropriate documentation, requirements verification and validation as well as their management throughout the end-to-end product life-cycle.

Minimum learning course curriculum

• Foundations of requirements engineering
• System and system context
• Requirements elicitation
• Requirements documentation
• Documentation of requirements using natural language
• Model-based documentation of requirements
• Requirements validation and negotiation
• Requirements management
• Tool support

Information on exam

• Multiple-choice examination consisting of 45 questions.
• A pass is achieved by answering 70% of the questions correctly
• Mode: Electronic and pen paper based
• Proctored examination

Requirements for Foundation level certification:

• There are no prerequisites to apply for foundation level exam
• Participation in “Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering - Foundation Level” training at a certified training institute is recommended but not mandatory.
• Please refer to the official syllabus for detailed information.
• Refer to the rules of examination before appearing the examination.

Duration of exam: 75 minutes
Certification: IREB / TÜV SÜD Personal Certification CPRE Foundation Certificate

The Advanced Level addresses the holders of the CPRE Foundation Level certificate, who want to deepen their knowledge of particular Requirements Engineering and Business Analysis activities.

The independent modules for CPRE advance level are:

1) Requirements Elicitation and Consolidation (E&C)

Techniques from the Foundation Level are elaborated here in more detail and further techniques added enabling participants to efficiently elicit and consolidate requirements.

This module addresses the professionals with career profiles like requirements.

Information on exam

• Examination is proctored by independent invigilator of TÜV SÜD South Asia.
• The test consists of two parts:
  Part 1: Written exam (on-site exam)
  Part 2: Written assignment (homework)

Duration of exam:

• Part 1 is of 75 minutes
• Part 2 is a written assignment which shall be submitted within a period of 12 months from the date of successful completion of written exam. It must represent a realistic project situation from your working environment and demonstrate that you are capable of applying the acquired RE knowledge.

Passing the written exam by achieving minimum 70% is mandatory to attend the written assignment. The written exam consists of 45 multiple choice questions relating to the following subject areas

• Skills of the requirements engineer in the field of elicitation and consolidation
• Requirements sources
• Elicitation techniques
• Consolidation techniques

2. Requirements Modeling

Correct use of graphical models to express functional requirements.

The aim of this module is to convey knowledge about how to model requirements usefully and effectively in requirements engineering. Furthermore, the module explains how requirements modeling can be used in practice (where applicable, in addition to textual requirements) to do the following: to communicate requirements such that they are easier to understand; to make the complexity of the requirements of a system more manageable; and, through the high level of formalization of the requirements modeled, to enable a greater degree of automation in system development activities (for example, quality assurance for the requirements specification, derivation of system test cases).

Information on Exam

• Examination is proctored by independent invigilator of TÜV SÜD South Asia.
• The test consists of two parts:
  Part 1: Written exam (on-site exam)
  Part 2: Written assignment (homework)

Duration of examination:

• Part 1 is of 75 minutes
• Part 2 is a written assignment which shall be submitted within a period of 12 months from the date of successful completion of written exam. It must represent a realistic project situation from your working environment and demonstrate that you are capable of applying the acquired RE knowledge.

Passing the written exam by achieving minimum 70% is mandatory to attend the written assignment.

• The written exam consists of 19 multiple choice questions relating to the following subject areas
• Basic principles of requirements modeling
• Context modeling
• Modeling information structures
• Modeling dynamic views
• Modeling scenarios

The Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering – Expert Level certificate is aimed to certify that the applicant has thorough theoretical and practical knowledge and experience in the field of requirements engineering.

Information on Exam

The examination consists of three parts

• Part 1: Written application
  An applicant has to demonstrate the fulfilment of the prerequisites to appear Expert level exam.
• Part 2: Written assignment
  Demonstration by the applicant of havin in-depth know-how in the Requirements Engineering field.
• Part 3: Oral examination
  The oral examination is a face-to-face meeting or a video conference at a dedicated place. It takes 90 minutes and comprises three parts:

1. Case (30 minutes after 2 hours preparation time).
   The candidate has to present his/her suggestions and thoughts on a given case.
2. Questions on Requirements Engineering in the context of the candidate’s projects (30 minutes).
3. General questions on Requirements Engineering (30 minutes).

Prerequisites

• The applicant for CPRE Expert level shall hold at least three CPRE Advanced Level certificates. From these three advance certificates, up to two certificates can be substiuted by other forms, e.g. university lectures clearly related to RE, certain certificates linked to other education schemes (e.g. CBAP, BCS Diploma in Business Analysis, .....), or a substantial publication.
• Activity as a Requirements Engineer in various roles and projects amounting to at least three years of full-time equivalent.
• Activity as a trainer or coach in the Requirements Engineering field.

Requirements for Expert level certification

• Fulfilment of the prerequisites by an applicant
• Please refer to the official site of IREB.org for detailed information
• Refer to the rules of examination before appearing the examination.

Certification: IREB / TÜV SÜD Personal Certification CPRE Expert level Certificate

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Information on Exam

• Examination is proctored by independent invigilator of TÜV SÜD South Asia.
• Multiple-choice examination consisting of 45 questions.
• A pass is achieved by answering 70% of the questions correctly 
• Mode: Electronic and pen paper based

Duration of examination:  40 minutes 

Passing the written exam by achieving minimum 70% is mandatory to attend the written assignment.

The written exam consists of 22 multiple choice questions relating to the following subject areas

1. Motivation and Mindsets
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3. Artifacts and Techniques in [email protected]
4. Organizational aspects of [email protected]

Requirements for Foundation level certification:

• There are no prerequisites to apply for [email protected] 
• Participation in [email protected] Primer” training at a certified training institute is recommended but not mandatory.
• Recommended to have CPRE FL and knowledge in Agile
• Please refer to the official syllabus for detailed information.
• Refer to the rules of examination before appearing the examination.

Certification: IREB / TÜV SÜD Personal Certification [email protected] Certificate

The Advanced Level addresses the holders of the CPRE Foundation Level certificate, who want to deepen their knowledge of particular Requirements Engineering and Business Analysis activities.

Information on Exam

• Examination is proctored by independent invigilator of TÜV SÜD South Asia.
• The test consists of two parts:
  Part 1: Written exam (on-site exam)
  Part 2: Written assignment (homework)

Duration of examination:

• Part 1 is of 75 minutes
• Part 2 is a written assignment which shall be submitted within a period of 12 months from the date of successful completion of written exam. It must represent a realistic project situation from your working environment and demonstrate that you are capable of applying the acquired RE knowledge.

Passing the written exam by achieving minimum 70% is mandatory to attend the written assignment.

The written exam consists of 45 multiple choice questions relating to the following subject areas

1. What is [email protected]
2. A Clean Project Start
3. Handling Functional Requirements
4. Handling Quality Requirements and Constraints
5. Prioritizing and Estimating Requirements
6. Scaling [email protected]

Requirements for Advance level certfications:

• Prerequisite is the CPRE FL, though the Primer Certificate or another recognized Agile certificate, is also highly recommended.
• Attending a related training course with a qualified training institute is recommended but not mandatory.
• Please refer to the official syllabus for detailed information
• Refer to the rules of examination before appearing the examination.

Certification: IREB / TÜV SÜD Personal Certification Advance [email protected] Certificate