1. Presented by: Bogdan Bereza
Common terminology, as well as established techniques and methods – key success factors of Requirements Engineering The contribution of certification
Presented by: Bogdan Bereza
victo.eu/kkio2013/ireb_cpre.pdf
Stefan Sturm IREB GmbH

2. About us Author of this presentation: What is the IREB GmbH?
Stefan Sturm, Managing Director of IREB GmbH
What is the IREB GmbH?
Operating company of the IREB e.V.
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
Presenter:
Bogdan Bereza, owner of Victo (victo.eu)
Memeber of IREB Supporter Board
Member of Polish IREB Board (ireb.org.pl)

3. The importance of RE
testing
stage
up to 100 times higher
programing
up to 20 times higher RE x
Publications reveal that software projects still 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:
I don’t want to anoy with another veriosn of the CAOS report of the standish group, but still too much projects fail or have cost and/or time overruns.
The studies show that this is mostly caused by poor RE. Poor RE leads to missing, incomlete or errornous requirements!
You all know that the effort to fix bugs is much more expensive if you do it in the development stage or even in the testing stage. So it is quite obvious that you need to set a strong focus on the RE stage in order to avoid as much errors as possible!
BTW: The Slides says software projects, but RE applies as well to many other kinds of projects especially in systems engineering!

4. 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...

5. Requirements Engineering
Is it really well established?
You are the Protagonists!
Chasm
Yes, but…
But…
If…
I‘ll run amok if…
No, because… Because…
Because…
Protagonists
Antagonists
OpenMinds
CloseMinds
Source: Prof. Dr. Gunter Dueck, ReConf

6. Requirements Engineering
Time to overcome the chasm!
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

7. Requirements Engineering
The problem
Customers, suppliers and development partners talk past each other when defining requirements
Consequences (incomplete)
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

8. 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

9. Good certification gives profession prestige in IT industry eyes
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…

10. The IREB The IREB history 2006 2007 2011 2012 2013
International experts from business, research and education gathered in Nuremberg to form IREB
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
Release of first CPRE Advanced Level (AL) in English
2006
2007
2011
2012
2013
Foundation of the IREB e.V. as a non-profit organization
Release of the CPRE Foundation Level (FL)
Foundation of the IREB GmbH as operating company of IREB e.V.
Foundation of the IREB GmbH as operating company of IREB e.V.
+ 12,000 CPRE FL
~ 500 CPRE AL
certified practitioners worldwide
Started in Europe Austria, Germany, Switzerland
Fouded in 2006
In 2007 release of FL
In 2011 release of Als
In 2011 fondation of IREB GmbH – operating company
Ne dof 2012 over exams in 40 countries

11. The IREB The board International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB)
Members of the board
Personal board members: Renown experts from industry, research, consulting and education
Supporting Members: Committed persons 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
Reknown experts
Speakers at international conferences
Chris RUPP keynote at IEEE RE 12 in Chicage
Peter Hruschka “The atlantic Sytems Guild” with Tom de Marco and Suzanne Robertson
Suzanne Robertson
Academics
Supporting Memebers

12. Stefan Sturm Managing Director IREB GmbH
The IREB
The IREB GmbH
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 Sturm Managing Director IREB GmbH

13. The Polish Board Dr Anna Piwońska, Politechnika Białostocka
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

14. The Polish Board Promote IREB CPRE
What we do
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)

15. International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB)
The CPRE
The principles of the certification
Training Providers
IREB GmbH
International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB)
Trainees / Exam candidates
Conform to the rules of
ISO/IEC 17024:2012
Allocation of tasks to clearly separated and independent organizations
ensures fairness and neutrality.
Certification Bodies

16. The CPRE 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 Level
accessible to everyone, as there are no prerequisites FL AL EL
Details about FL later

17. To follow the completed Advanced Levels
The CPRE
Three level certification program
CPRE Expert Level EL
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 AL
CPRE Foundation Level
Fundamental understanding of domain, methodology and available techniques FL
The modules
Most important education in RE worldwide - besides the university education!

18. The CPRE Foundation Level Fundamental understanding of RE LanguagesFL
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)
Different to other certifications in the field!
Improvment aof the application

19. The CPRE Advanced Level Released Modules Module in work LanguagesAL
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

20. The CPRE What makes the CPRE unique?
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
Techniques and Methods develop slow
No need for recertification
Like drving license
No Accreditation of TP’s as others do.
Relay on the expertise of our partner AND the market!
We are not looking for revenue!

21. The CPRE The goals The goals of the CPRE are… … to cross the chasm!
…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
… to cross the chasm!
Techniques and Methods develop slow
No need for recertification
Like drving license
No Accreditation of TP’s as others do.
Relay on the expertise of our partner AND the market!
We are not looking for revenue!

22. Polish industrial RE Conference coming?
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

23. Any questions? Discussion Stefan.Sturm@certified-re.de