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IREB Certified
Requirements Engineer

In the seminar for the IREB certification "Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering - Foundation Level (CPRE-FL)" you will acquire basic knowledge and skills in requirements engineering. You will learn how to efficiently elicit, document and analyze requirements and effectively involve relevant stakeholders. This seminar provides you with a solid foundation for structured and targeted work in the area of requirements analysis and management.

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Certification according to the international standard of the IREB.

The Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering of the IREB is the recognized standard in education and training in the field of requirements management. You will learn about established requirements engineering concepts and how to align your project activities with important principles. The final exam certifies your skills for recognition by your management, clients and colleagues.

Key data

  • Duration: 3 days

  • Language: German

  • Training formats: Live online seminar or face-to-face seminar

  • Also available as anin-house seminar
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Target group

The Foundation Level is aimed at advanced beginners in requirements engineering and covers the basic knowledge for this area. Employees from requirements engineering, business analysis or software and system development who have high standards of quality and professionalism should aim for this level.

Seminar contents


1. introduction and overview of requirements engineering
  • Requirements Engineering: What
  • Requirements Engineering: Why
  • Requirements Engineering: Where
  • Requirements Engineering: How
  • The role and tasks of a requirements engineer
  • What to learn about requirements engineering
2. basic principles of requirements engineering
  • Overview of the principles
  • The explanation of the principles
3. work products and documentation practices
  • Work products in requirements engineering
  • Natural language work products
  • Template-based work products
  • Model-based work products
  • Glossaries
  • Documentation structures for requirements
  • Prototypes in requirements engineering
  • Quality criteria for work products and requirements
4. practices for the development of requirements
  • Sources for requirements
  • Elicitation of requirements
  • Coordination of requirements and conflict resolution
  • Validation of requirements
5. process and work structure
  • Influencing factors
  • Facets of requirements engineering processes
  • Configuring a requirements engineering process
6. practices for requirements management
  • What is Requirements Management?
  • Managing the life cycle
  • Version control
  • Configurations and baselines
  • Attributes and views
  • Traceability
  • Dealing with changes
  • Prioritization
7. tool support
  • Tools in requirements engineering
  • Introducing tools
8. practical exercises


Learning objectives

  • To be familiar with the terminology of requirements engineering / business analysis and requirements management.
  • Understand the basic techniques and methods of requirements engineering and their application.
  • Be familiar with the common notations for requirements.

Seminar documents

You will receive comprehensive accompanying material for the seminar including

  • Digital seminar documents with the complete content including exercises, sample tests, repetitions and terms

  • The book "Basiswissen Requirements Engineering - Aus- und Weiterbildung nach IREB-Standard zum Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering Foundation Level" by Pohl/Rupp published by dpunkt.verlag.

Get certified

After the seminar, you can take the "IREB Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (Foundation Level)" certification exam. Document your knowledge with this internationally recognized certificate. You can book the exam together with the seminar.

  • Online exam: You determine the time and place of the exam.

  • Type of exam: Multiple-choice exam with 45 questions.

  • Time: Freely selectable within three months after the seminar.

  • Duration: 75 minutes (exam time can be extended by 15 minutes for non-native speakers).

  • Language: German or English

  • Prerequisites: none

  • Price: 275 € plus VAT.

Further details on the type and time of the certification exam can be found in ourquestions and answers.

Learning material

This seminar is based on the current version of the "IREB Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (Foundation Level)" scheme. The "IREB Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering" scheme is a globally recognized, standardized education and training scheme for requirements engineering. The scheme consists of the Foundation, Advanced and Expert levels. The associated syllabi and examination questions are developed and published in Germany by the International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB). Examinations are offered and conducted by authorized certification bodies.

  • Syllabus: The current version 3.0 of the syllabus can be found atwww.ireb.org

  • Handbook: The handbook is a comprehensive supplement to the curriculum and can be found atwww.ireb.org

  • Glossary: The current glossary can be found atwww.ireb.org

  • Sample exams: The current sample exam can be found atwww.ireb.org. You can also find anonline sample exam atwww.ireb.org.



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Full coverage of the IREB curriculum
Live seminar by certified trainer
Practical exercises
Exam preparation with sample exams
Online examination possible
Digital seminar documents and accompanying book
Can also be booked as an in-house seminar