Duration
About 4 to 5 hours
Level
Foundation
Delivery
Self-paced
Sessions and enrolment
Check the provider's website for upcoming sessions and enrolment information.
Price
Price not published. Check with the provider.
Language
English
Course presenters may include
Sondoss Elsawah, Kumudu Amarawardhana
Certification / credential
Coursera certificate with the paid option.
International delivery
Global delivery available

About this course

A beginner course on the characteristics of good requirement statements. Four modules cover removing vague and superfluous words, conjunctions without formal logic, unbounded statements and escape clauses, units, ranges and tolerances, cross-references, pronouns and negative requirements, with a quiz per module and a final exam. Published on Coursera by UNSW Sydney; the course material references UNSW Canberra's Master of Systems Engineering.

Course presenters may include

  • Sondoss Elsawah
  • Kumudu Amarawardhana

Facilitator details as listed by the provider. Assignments may vary by scheduled course.

Who should attend

  • Beginners; no prior experience required

Course outline

  1. 01

    Introduction to requirements writing and the characteristics of requirement statements

  2. 02

    Writing clear requirements: removing vague and superfluous words

  3. 03

    Avoiding ambiguity: conjunctions, unbounded statements and escape clauses

  4. 04

    Precision and pitfalls: units, ranges, tolerances, cross-references, pronouns and negative requirements

Assessment and evaluation

A quiz for each of the four modules and a final exam.

Certificate of completion

Coursera certificate with the paid option.

Training areas