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Common terminology, as well as established techniques and methods – key success
factors of Requirements Engineering
The contribution of certification
Stefan Sturm IREB GmbH
Presented by: Bogdan [email protected]
victo.eu/kkio2013/ireb_cpre.pdf
About us
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Author of this presentation:Stefan Sturm, Managing Director of IREB GmbH
What is the IREB GmbH?
What is the IREB e.V.?
International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB) e. V.
What is e.V.? Eingetragener Verein or e.V., a registered voluntary association in Germany
Operating company of the IREB e.V.
Presenter:Bogdan Bereza, owner of Victo (victo.eu)
Memeber of IREB Supporter Board
Member of Polish IREB Board (ireb.org.pl)
The importance of RE
• Publications reveal that software projectsstill fail or have cost and/or time overruns
• Numerous studies show that about 60% of the errors of system development projects originate in the RE stage.
• Effort to fix a requirement defect:
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testingstage
up to 100 times higher
programingstage
up to 20 times higher
RE stage
x
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Requirements Engineering
A subject area with a long tradition
20th IEEE Requirements Engineering Conference – Chicago 2012
19th REFSQ conference 2013
12th ReConf 2013 in Munich with over 400 participants
But...
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Requirements Engineering
Is it really well established?
You are the Protagonists!
Protagonists
OpenMinds
Chasm
No, because… Because…Because…
I‘ll run amok if…
CloseMinds
Antagonists
Yes, but…But…If…
Source: Prof. Dr. Gunter Dueck, ReConf 2013 [email protected] www.omnisophie.com
Requirements Engineering
Time to overcome the chasm!
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Requirements Engineering is getting started• Number of attendees in conferences increase• Number of certified professionals is growing fast• The profession “Requirements Engineer” has been officially
acknowledged in the first country (Switzerland)
Increase efforts by• setting quality standards• improving the application of RE• demonstrating the value of RE
Requirements Engineering
The problem
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Customers, suppliers and development partners talk past each other when defining requirements
• Incomplete Requirements• Ambiguous Requirements• Missing common understanding of Requirements• Different prioritization of Requirements• Conflicts between project partners• Time and cost overruns• Missing, wrong or „gold plated“ functionality
Consequences (incomplete)
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Requirements Engineering
Certification – How does it help?
Why not “just” Training?
Training• Provides the fundament for Know-How acquisition• Is a recognized form of qualification• Is part of employee motivation
Certification• Common definition of terminology to improve communication
and Know-How transfer• Provides an international recognized fundament for training
Training Providers align their trainings to a “standard” – the syllabus of the certificate
• Motivates professionals to improve their skills• Motivates companies to invest in training• Offers a possibility to companies to demonstrate their expertise
Good certification gives profession prestige in IT industry eyes
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•Example: testing profession•ISEB CTFL (British) introduced 1999•ISTQB (international) started 2002•Now ISTQB has issued more than 295’000 certificates worldwide
•Got 48 Member Boards•The uderstanding and prestige of testing has grown considerably!
• In Poland: approximately 6000 certificates•And RE is more important than testing…
The IREB
The IREB history
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20132006 2011 20122007
Development of the CPRE certification scheme syllabi examination regulations glossary exam questionnaires
Release of the CPRE Advanced Level (AL) modules Requirements
Elicitation & Consolidation Requirements Modeling
Foundation of the IREB GmbH as operating company of IREB e.V.
International experts from business, research and education gathered in Nuremberg to form IREB
+ 12,000 CPRE FL~ 500 CPRE ALcertified practitioners worldwide
Release of first CPRE Advanced Level (AL) in English
Release of the CPRE Foundation Level (FL)
Foundation of the IREB GmbH as operating company of IREB e.V.
Foundation of theIREB e.V. as a non-profit organization
International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB)
Members of the board• Personal board members:
Renown experts from industry, research,consulting and education
• Supporting Members: Committedpersons in the field of RE
Activities of the board• Elaboration of the curriculum, glossary and exams for the
„Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering“• Translations of the artifacts: English, French, German, Polish,
Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil)• Publishing of articles, textbooks and references
The IREB
The board
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Operating Company of the IREB e.V.
• Facts • Since April 1st, 2011• 100% owned by the IREB e.V.
• Activities• Organizational support for the board, workgroups and
supporting members• Coordination of IREB tasks such as
• Elaboration of the curriculum and the exam questions for the CPRE
• Coordination and organization of training providers and certification bodies
• Marketing of the CPRE certificates• Press and media releases• Publishing of articles
Stefan SturmManaging Director IREB GmbH
The IREB
The IREB GmbH
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The Polish Board
www.ireb.org.pl
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• Dr Anna Piwońska, Politechnika Białostocka• Magdalena Wawryn, Cyfrowy Polsat• Dr Włodzimierz Dąbrowski, Politechnika
Warszawska• Dr Bolesław Szomański, Politechnika Warszawska• Marek Kucharski, Vice President of Parasoft• Przemysław Kowalczuk, Politechnika Warszawska• Dr Krzysztof Wnuk, Lund University• Bogdan Bereza, Victo• Michał Wolski, MODESTO
The Polish Board
What we do
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• Promote IREB CPRE
• Translate syllabi (FL is available for download)
• Translate examination questions
• At KKIO 2013, there are three session presentaions by members of Polish IREB Board (besides sponsor presentation and workshop)
Certification Bodies
International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB)
Training Providers
Trainees / Exam candidates
IREB GmbH
IREB GmbH
IREB GmbH
Conform to
the ru
les of
ISO/IEC 17024:2012
Allocation of tasks to clearly separated and independent organizations
ensures fairness and neutrality.
The CPRE
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The principles of the certification
Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering
Personal certificate for requirements engineering• not time limited
Three step certification program • Foundation Level
• Advanced Level
• Expert Level
CPRE Foundation Levelaccessible to everyone, as there are no prerequisites
The CPRE
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FL
AL
EL
CPRE Expert Level
To follow the completed Advanced Levels
CPRE Advanced Level• Mastering and using methods and techniques• Specialization in one or more modules:
• Requirements Elicitation and Consolidation – released in 2011• Requirements Modeling – released in 2011• Requirements Management – in progress
CPRE Foundation Level• Fundamental understanding of domain,
methodology and available techniques
Most important education in RE worldwide- besides the university education!
The CPRE
Three level certification program
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FL
AL
EL
Fundamental understanding of RE
Languages• Syllabi and exams currently in English, French, German,
Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish - Chinese in preparation
No prerequisite
Companion Book • Available in English, German and Portuguese (Brazil)
The CPRE
Foundation Level
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FL
Released Modules • Requirements Elicitation & Consolidation, March 1st, 2011• Requirements Modeling, March 1st, 2011
Module in work• Requirements Management, planned for 2014
Languages• Syllabi and exams currently in German and English
(the latter for Requirements Elicitation & Consolidation only)
Prerequisite• CPRE Foundation Level certificate
The CPRE
Advanced Level
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AL
• No prerequisites for the CPRE Foundation Level - everyone can strive for it!
• No recertification• International acceptance –
more than 12,500 certified in 46 countries • Based on the knowledge of real RE experts
Check publications on RE of the board members! • Reinvestment of the revenues of IREB in the
development and the spread of the CPRE• Support of our partners to foster excellence in
RE
The CPRE
What makes the CPRE unique?
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The goals of the CPRE are…
…to establish a common terminology in RE…to provide international accepted techniques and methods for RE…to provide an international accepted base for training in RE…to improve the current practice of RE…to add value to the skills of the professionals
The CPRE
The goals
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… to cross the chasm!
Polish industrial RE Conference coming?
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•Very difficult to convince IT industry it is needed…
•However, we have managed to convince IDG / Computerworld
•… who are experts on marketing and promoting such events to industry
• It will take place in the first quarter of 2014•Welcome to our site: conference.wymagania.org.pl
