What is IREB® – International Requirements Engineering Board?

IREB is an organization who supplies the international certification scheme – Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (CPRE). The certifications are international accepted qualifications for all requirements engineers and business analysts.

About IREB®

IREB®, the International Requirements Engineering Board, is a non-profit organization that supplies CPRE (Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering) certification. Created in 2006, IREB® has set itself the aim of creating an internationally accepted and professional basis for Requirements Engineering. Since then, the organization has become world famous for its certification: the CPRE (Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering), developed over three levels and intended for professionals working in Business Analysis, Requirements Engineering and Testing.

Since 2007, more than 59,000 professionals in 89 countries have succeeded in the CPRE Foundation Level examination – with a rising trend worldwide!

Read more about IREB at their official website.

The Certified Professional Requirements Engineering certification scheme

The Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering stands for an elaborated three level certification concept developed by IREB.

Foundation level

The CPRE Foundation Level covers the fundamentals of the Requirements Engineering domain, methodology and available techniques. Read more about TestHusets course – IREB® Requirements Engineering Foundation

Advanced Level

The CPRE Advanced Level stands for mastering and using methods and techniques. There are four choices for achieving an Advanced Level certificate:

  • Requirements Elicitation
  • Requirements Modeling
  • Requirements Management
  • RE@Agile

Expert Level

The Expert Level stands for the highest level of expert knowledge, which comprises practical experience as well as outstanding knowledge and skills in Requirements Engineering.

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Why requirement engineering?

The goal of Requirement Engineering is to specify and manage requirements for systems such that the systems implemented and deployed satisfy their stakeholders’ desires and needs.Requirement engineering adds value in the process of developing and evolving a system:

  • Reducing the risk of developing the wrong system
  • Better understanding of the problem
  • Basis for estimating development effort and cost
  • Prerequisite for testing the system

Typical symptoms of inadequate requirement engineering are missing, unclear, or incorrect requirements. This is particularly due to:

  • Rushing straight into building the system
  • Communication problems between involved parties
  • The assumption that the requirements are self-evident
  • Inadequate education and skills

Who is IREB for?

IREB addresses to individuals working with Requirements Engineering, Business Analysis, software / it-requirements, testing and systems development, who is demanding in terms of quality and professionalism, should strive for it. It could be:

  • Business and System Analysts
  • Testers and Test Managers
  • Developers who need to specify requirements
  • Team Leaders
  • Project Managers
  • Product Owners
  • Scrum Masters
  • Software Engineers
  • Software Managers