IREB CPRE Foundation Level

Digital Products
IREB
Requirements Engineering

Lay the groundwork for professional requirements engineering. In this 3-day course, you’ll learn the essential skills, processes, and documentation standards for capturing, modeling, and managing requirements—based on the IREB CPRE Foundation syllabus.

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What will I learn?

This course introduces the full lifecycle of requirements engineering. You’ll learn how to elicit, document, validate, and manage requirements effectively. It prepares you for the globally recognized IREB CPRE Foundation exam and provides a solid RE framework you can apply in practice.

Key takeaways

  1. Understand the role of RE in successful projects
  2. Learn how to gather, structure, and validate requirements
  3. Get hands-on with modeling techniques and documentation
  4. Prepare for the CPRE Foundation Level exam

Program

The course is based on the official syllabus from IREB and includes theory, group exercises, real-world examples, and sample exam questions. You’ll practice various RE tasks and build a toolbox you can apply in both traditional and agile environments.

  • Introduction to requirements engineering
  • RE roles and processes
  • Types of requirements: functional vs. non-functional
  • Elicitation techniques (interviews, workshops, observation)
  • Documentation styles: natural language, templates, models
  • Modeling with UML and use cases
  • Checking for quality and consistency
  • Stakeholder communication and validation
  • Requirements management and change handling
  • Tool support and traceability
  • Sample exam questions and preparation
  • Final Q&A and certificate readiness

Who is it for?

This course is designed for business analysts, requirements engineers, product owners, project managers, QA specialists, and anyone involved in capturing or managing requirements.

Requirements

No formal prerequisites

Experience in software projects is helpful

Willingness to work with structured documentation and modeling

Why should I follow this training?

Build a solid RE foundation

Learn the core skills of professional requirements engineering

Prepare for international certification

Follow the official IREB CPRE Foundation syllabus

Improve your project outcomes

Apply RE to reduce risk, waste, and misalignment

Exam and Certification

The course prepares you for the IREB CPRE Foundation Level certification exam. The multiple-choice exam is administered by an official IREB testing provider and can be taken online. Certification is recognized worldwide.

What else
should I know?

After registration, you’ll receive a confirmation email with practical info. A week before the training, we’ll ask about dietary preferences.
Exam fee not included unless specifically arranged.
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Course information

Three-day foundational course in requirements engineering

Covers the full RE process: from elicitation to management

Based on the official IREB syllabus

Lunch included (for in-person courses)

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