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Our instructor-led courses are highly interactive with hands-on application of the methods and best-practices taught. We offer 15 different courses, ranging in duration from 1 to 3 days. Each course is designed to target specific challenges within the requirement development and management process.

Audiences

The curriculum provides the training, tools and techniques that benefit a variety of audiences, including product marketing, business analysts, system engineers, project managers, program managers, developers and testers. View course descriptions for more information on the intended audience for each course.

Requirements Training Course Details

Fundamentals
This training is not just for beginners. The classes focus on the fundamental curriculum that everyone needs to successfully define and manage requirements.

Business Analyst Training – NEW!
The terminology, processes and examples in this curriculum have been specifically developed for the role of the Business Analyst (also sometimes known as the functional analyst or the systems analyst).

Course Title And Description	Course Duration	Course Credits	Pre-Requisite
*NEW COURSE* Requirement Fundamentals for Business Analysts This is our newest offering. Based on our most popular course (the Requirement Definition 2-Day Seminar) this class is geared specifically to Business Analysts (BA) and the knowledge they must have to effectively define scope and requirements for a project.	2 Days	14 PDU, **14 CDU	None

** Applications are in and awaiting approval

Advanced
Once you have mastered most of the basics and want to address more complex issues or when your team needs to focus on specific areas, advanced training is the next step. We can combine these topics in different ways to respond to your specific needs.

Course Title And Description	Course Duration	Course Credits	Pre-Requisite
Advanced Topics - Writing Interface Requirements, Performing Requirement Allocation and Traceability Capture, document, and manage interface requirements. Implement allocation into your process and use allocation reports to improve requirement quality. Use allocation with traceability for more complete requirements.	1 Day	**7 PDU	A ReqExperts Fundamentals Seminar or Equivalent
Case Study Workshop More efficiently develop scope and requirements by practicing your skills in a case study.	1 Day	**7 PDU	A ReqExperts Fundamentals Seminar or Equivalent

** Applications are in and awaiting approval

Specialized
Our Specialized Requirement Training courses are targeted to the roles of particular individuals, including: formal review managers and administrators, a variety of inspectors, and those responsible for preparing statements of work.

Course Title And Description	Course Duration	Course Credits	Pre-Requisite
Managers and Requirements Rapidly educate your managers on the activities that need to occur to ensure defect-free requirements.	1 Day or shorter	7 PDU	N/A
Conducting a Requirement Review (Formal Stakeholder Review) Reduce the time and effort of conducting a formal review and ensure that you receive important comments from the reviewers.	1 Day	7 PDU	Fundamentals (Preferred)
Work Product Inspections (Formal Peer Reviews) Perform as a participant in Requirement Inspections – author, peer reviewer, and recorder. Get better requirements at the beginning while reducing author frustrations.	1 Day	7 PDU	None
Work Product Inspections Moderator Serve as an Inspection Moderator.	1 Day	7 PDU	Requirement Inspections
QA and Requirements Improve QA personnel's ability to identify requirement defects early and to aid in process improvement.	1 Day	**7 PDU	None
Writing Performance-Based Statements of Work (SOW) Get the most from your contractors using a what, not how, approach. Whether you need a Statement of Work (SOW) to accompany a product specification or whether you need it for services, this class is designed to help you understand the performance you need and how to require and manage to that performance.	2 Days	14 PDU	None

** Applications are in and awaiting approval

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