Course Description

The BCS Professional Certificate in Advanced Requirements Engineering assesses competence with regard to the environment, context, planning, governance and execution of requirements engineering. This syllabus includes some topics that are introduced in the BCS Practitioner Certificate in Requirements Engineering. Their inclusion in this professional certification is to ensure there is complete coverage of the subjects that are fundamental to an understanding of requirements.

This course serves as an Analytical Skills module for the BCS Advanced International Diploma in Business Analysis.

Pre-requisites

While there are no formal entry requirements for this certification, BCS recommends that candidates have previously obtained the BCS Practitioner Certificate in Requirements Engineering. This prior certification provides a solid foundation in the field and can enhance your understanding of the advanced concepts covered in this course.

Target Audience

This certification is ideal for professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of requirements engineering. It's particularly relevant for:

• Business architects and analysts
• Project and business managers
• Enterprise architects
• Customer journey managers
• Senior business analysts

The course helps align requirements with business objectives and enhance the consistency of requirements outputs. It also serves as an Analytical module for the BCS Advanced Diploma in Business Analysis.

Course Materials

We'll send a printed copy of the latest comprehensive course manual to your home address well before your course begins. Additionally, you'll receive an email with a link to access a digital version of the same manual, ensuring you have both physical and electronic references for your convenience and future use.

Exam

The course prepares delegates for the BCS Professional Certificate in Advanced Requirements Engineering examination. If this course is part of your BCS Advanced International Diploma in Business Analysis programme you have three further modules to choose in addition to already having completed the BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis.

The exam is accessible only at the registered date and time. Candidates with disabilities or special considerations, including English as a second language, may request adjustments or additional time in line with BCS reasonable adjustments policy.

Learning Objectives

• How to apply the Business Model canvas to business scenarios
• Delivering a requirements engineering plan
• How to evaluate a problem statement and explain the Outcome Frame
• Stakeholder engagement skills
• How to produce non-functional requirements

Course Content

The enterprise context

• Enterprise Architecture (EA): EA Domains Zachman Framework
• Business Architecture: The Business Model Canvas; capability maps; value streams
• Customer and user experience

The business analysis service portfolio

• Service thinking and value co-creation
• Value propositions
• The Business Analysis Service Framework (BASF)
• Portfolios, Programmes and Projects: definitions and governance
• Enterprise governance
• Requirements governance

The requirements engineering plan

• Analysis planning
• Terms of reference for requirements engineering
• The outcome frame
• Problem definition
• Planning and estimating for requirements engineering

Engaging with stakeholders

• Relevance of elicitation techniques
• Understanding the cultural context for requirements engineering
• Rapport
• Questioning approaches
• Listening levels and behaviours
• Assertiveness

The requirements taxonomy

• Enterprise drivers for requirements
• The hierarchy of requirements
• Prioritisation techniques: MoSCoW; Kano
• Business use case diagram and Epics
• Decomposition of requirements and priorities
• Requirements traceability
• Requirement patterns and re-use

Non-functional requirements: customer experience requirements

• Customer experience
• Customer journey mapping
• User role attributes and personas
• Usability and accessibility requirements
• Look and feel requirements
• Visualisation techniques: wireframes; prototypes

Non-functional requirements: service quality requirements

• Performance, capacity and scalability requirements
• Backup and recovery requirements
• Archiving and deletion requirements
• Maintainability, availability and reliability requirements
• Security and access requirements
• Misuse cases

Acceptance and approval of requirements

• Quality assurance for requirements engineering
• Validation perspectives
• Acceptance criteria for requirements
• Advancement in requirements