BCS Requirements Engineering | part of the BCS Diploma in Business Analysis

TCC’s BCS Requirements Engineering course introduces you to the techniques for uncovering the requirements which will lead to a working, cost-effective solution. With the use of a supporting case study, this course defines the types of requirements, the people involved in the elicitation process, the techniques of requirements analysis and the ways of prioritising requirements. It also explores different knowledge types and appropriate techniques for handling these.

What’s Included?

In the classroom:

• Expert Business Analysis trainer
• Copies of all presentation slides (exclusive to TCC)
• Comprehensive written notes (exclusive to TCC)
• Practical classroom group exercises
• A realistic case study which runs consistently throughout our BCS business analysis courses
• Maximum class size of 12

At TCC training venues:

• A modern and comfortable training room
• Buffet or restaurant lunch and light breakfast selection*
• Hot & cold refreshments throughout the day

* Light breakfast selection available on city centre courses in Birmingham.

What TCC Customers Are Saying:

“The course was very detailed and links well to other BA courses. Very relaxed atmosphere conducive to questions and learning. Good that the exercises are consistent throughout all courses. Homework good. Really enjoyable course. I'm looking forward to the next one.” – Nathalie N

* SAVE £582 with our BCS Diploma in Business Analysis Training Passport *

To be awarded the Diploma in Business Analysis, you must complete four BCS Business Analysis training courses:

• BCS Business Analysis Practice (3 Days)
• BCS Requirements Engineering (3 Days)
• BCS Organisational Behaviour (2 Days)
• BCS Modelling Business Processes (2 Days)

You are then eligible to sit the BCS Business Analysis Diploma Oral Examination covering all four modules.

This course can be purchased as part of a Training Passport, which includes the training and examinations for all four courses leading to the BCS Diploma in Business Analysis for only £3,495 + VAT. A Training Passport allows you to register for any of the dates on our public schedule, at a considerable saving over booking each course and exam individually.

You can complete the courses in any sequence. However, we recommend starting with either Business Analysis Practice or Requirements Engineering.

Course Objectives

This course will enable delegates to:

• Understand the requirements life cycle:
  
  • elicitation
  • analysis
  • management
  • validation
  • Understand problems of deriving a clear and acceptable requirements document
  • Understand how to manage an evolving requirements document
  • Prepare for the BCS Certificate in Requirements Engineering

Course Content

Lifecycle

Business plans and objectives

Nature, Problems and Hierarchy of Requirements

The business case and rationale

Terms of reference / project initiation document (PID)

Functional requirements / non-functional requirements

General / technical requirements and service level agreements

Stakeholders in the Requirements Process

Project stakeholders

Business stakeholders

External stakeholders

Requirements Elicitation and Documentation

Terms of reference

Elicitation techniques

Requirements catalogue

Use of Models in Requirements Engineering

Developing a process / functional model

Read a static (data) model

Knowledge Types

Tacit, semi-tacit

Non-tacit, taken-for-granted

Requirements Analysis

Prioritising requirements

Congruence with business objectives

Overlapping requirements

Identifying and negotiating conflicts between requirements

Requirements ambiguity, realism / feasibility and testability

Requirements Management

Stable and volatile requirements

Management of change to requirements

Traceability and ownership

CASE for requirements specification

Benefits Confirmation

Requirements testing / user acceptance testing

Post-implementation review

Roles of requirements actors

Requirements Validation

Reviews, walkthroughs and inspections

Prototyping

Sign-off requirements document

• Business Analysts and Systems Analysts
• Business Managers
• Developers
• Project Managers and Team Leaders
• Quality Assurance and Quality Control Managers

There are no pre-requisites for the course.

Business Analyst

£43,861 - £52,682 estimated salary based on Reed salary checker (top 4 locations).

What do they do?

Business Analysts (known as BAs) are responsible for analysing a business’s processes and investigating how they work. They then identify improvements that can be made and present the case for these improvements back to the business.