Overview
An in-depth requirements engineering course focused on transforming stakeholder problems and needs into high-quality requirements and requirements specifications capable of supporting effective solution development.
The training combines requirements analysis with requirements specification writing and places substantial emphasis on practical workshop activity.
Course presenters may include
FIE Aust · CPEng · IntPE(Aus)
Systems engineering practitioner, consultant, trainer and methodology developer with extensive international experience in technology-based projects.
Foundations & practitioner developmentNeeds & requirementsArchitecture & designTechnical managementIntegration, V&V and test
- Works with
- Project Performance International, Certification Training International
- Regions
- Online / Global
Expert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP) · Member, INCOSE Crossroads of America Chapter
Systems engineering consultant and trainer with more than four decades in engineering, engineering management, consulting and training. PPI Principal Consultant and editor of PPI's Systems Engineering Newsjournal.
Foundations & practitioner developmentNeeds & requirementsArchitecture & designTechnical management
- Works with
- Project Performance International
- Regions
- United States
MA (Cantab) · Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) · Chartered Engineer (IET)
UK systems engineer with over thirty years in defence and aerospace, plus nuclear and rail experience, and a Certification Training International course facilitator since 2017.
Certification preparationNeeds & requirementsIntegration, V&V and testTechnical management
- Works with
- Certification Training International, Project Performance International
- Regions
- United Kingdom, Online / Global
Who should attend
- Acquirer personnel dealing with requirements
- Supplier personnel dealing with requirements
- Developer personnel dealing with requirements
- Requirements engineers
- Systems engineers
- Analysts
- Engineering and project personnel involved in requirements development or specification
Learning outcomes
- Understand why requirements defects are a major source of project problems.
- Understand how requirements problems can be prevented or corrected.
- Assess and measure requirements quality.
- Understand why elicitation alone is insufficient for complete requirements development.
- Understand the key characteristics of high-quality requirements.
- Apply a structured methodology to identify missing requirements and validate existing requirements.
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- Write clear individual requirements using a structured parsing approach.
- Understand principles for structuring requirements into specifications.
- Produce stronger requirements specifications.
Course outline
- 01
Why requirements matter
Requirements terminology, project lessons and consequences of poor requirements.
- 02
Requirements across the system lifecycle
Sources of requirements, system and modelling boundaries, lifecycle relationships, traceability and baselines.
- 03
Types of requirements
Categories of requirements and differences across physical systems, software and services.
- 04
Requirements quality
Characteristics including correctness, completeness, consistency, clarity, non-ambiguity, traceability, testability and feasibility.
- 05
Requirements analysis methodology
Stakeholders, context analysis, design requirements, states and modes, parsing, functional analysis, scenario analysis, constraints, stakeholder value and verification requirements.
- 06
Working with incomplete and changing information
Techniques for uncertainty, moving requirements and communication gaps.
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- 07
Requirements-analysis tool support
Role and limitations of requirements analysis and management tools.
- 08
Verification of requirements-analysis outputs
Reviews, searches and metrics used to evaluate analysis work products.
- 09
Managing requirements analysis
Requirements issues, codification, reviews, reporting and management of unresolved information.
- 10
Moving from requirements into specifications
Relationship between requirements, specifications and configuration baselines.
- 11
Requirements flowdown
Allocation and flowdown into system-element and interface requirements.
- 12
Requirements specification types
Different specification forms and relevant standards.
- 13
Structuring requirements specifications
Structure, variants, states and modes, functional versus design-oriented specifications and solicitation documentation.
- 14
Requirements specification writing
Requirement syntax, structural templates, linking, cross-referencing, success criteria and supporting information.
Interactive activities
- Requirements engineering principles workshop
- Requirements-type classification workshop
- Context analysis workshop
- Design requirements analysis interactive exercise
- States and modes workshop
- Requirements parsing workshop
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- Functional analysis workshop
- Optional scenario and out-of-range analysis workshops
- Allocation of requirements to solicitation documents
- Specification-structure exercises
- Functional versus design requirement classification
- Requirements-writing exercises
Assessment and evaluation
No formal examination is stated. Learning is reinforced through extensive workshops and model solutions.
What participants receive
- Comprehensive course notes
- Two workshop workbooks
- Workshop model solutions
- Practical checklists, forms and charts
- Complimentary access to PPI's Systems Engineering Goldmine
- Certificate upon completion
- Professional Development Credits
Materials and resources
- Course notes
- Two workshop workbooks
- Model solutions
- Checklists
- Forms
- Charts
- Systems Engineering Goldmine access
Certificate of completion
Certificate upon completion.
Certification and professional development
PPI states that Professional Development Credits are available.
Certification relevance indicates subject-matter relevance only. It does not imply accreditation, formal alignment or endorsement by any certifying body.
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- Delivery
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