Globally recognized
More than 84000 certified professionals in 100 countries. This shows that CPRE certification is recognized and valued internationally by companies around the world.
Andvantages of the CPRE certification
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A certificate with lifelong validity
The CPRE certificates are a lifelong proof of your competence. They are regarded as a quality standard in Requirements Engineering and demonstrate your in-depth knowledge and professional approach to identifying, documenting, and managing requirements precisely, regardless of whether you work in a traditional or agile environment.
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Practical relevance that pays off – for the development of your career too
The CPRE certification program places great emphasis on practical relevance. The knowledge and skills taught are based on current best practices and standards in Requirements Engineering and are directly applicable in your everyday professional life. Good Requirements Engineering reduces misunderstandings and errors, which saves time and costs in the long term.
The four-level certification program allows you to develop your career step by step and gain in-depth specialization.
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Internationally recognized and valued
The CPRE certification from IREB enjoys international recognition and appreciation. It opens doors to global career opportunities and enables you to work efficiently in international teams and projects.
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Optimal positioning in the job market
With a CPRE certification, you position yourself optimally in the job market. You will stand out from the competition and increase your chances of attractive job offers and career advancement. Many companies value CPRE-certified employees, as they have proven structured and in-depth knowledge of Requirements Engineering.
Facts that speak for themselves
Companies rely on CPRE
Leading companies worldwide, particularly in the IT, medical technology, telecommunications, aviation, and automotive industries, rely on CPRE-certified specialists to make their products more efficient and defect-free.
A guarantee of high quality
The globally consistent examination standards ensure a uniform level of quality—regardless of the country or language in which the certification is obtained. With a global pass rate of around 80%, the CPRE certification demonstrates that it is challenging but archivable for professionals who have prepared well.
Practical applicability
Satisfaction among CPRE certificate holders is high—the acquired knowledge is practically applicable and has a direct positive impact on career opportunities. The skills gained are applicable in both traditional and agile project environments, making the certification particularly valuable.
With CPRE skills, you can grow in various roles
These skills are not just for Requirements Engineers but support professionals in diverse positions to understand requirements, communicate precisely, and implement them successfully.
Added value of CPRE skills for testers
The CPRE skills (Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering) also offer significant added value for testers by increasing the quality and efficiency of the testing process.
The most important benefits of CPRE skills for testers include:
1. Clearly defined and testable requirements
One of the biggest challenges in the testing process is to ensure that the tests cover the right requirements. With CPRE skills, testers can accurately understand and evaluate requirements and ensure that they are complete and clear enough to serve as a basis for testing. This minimizes the risk of incorrect test results due to misunderstandings, and test plans and test cases can be created efficiently.
2. Improved traceability
CPRE skills strengthen the ability of testers to ensure the traceability of requirements. A clear link between requirements, test conditions, and test cases allows you to ensure that all requirements are covered and that there are as few gaps as possible in the test process.
3. Effective change management
Requirements often change over the course of a project. Testers need to ensure that their test cases are adapted to these changes. With CPRE skills, testers can systematically track changes to requirements and ensure that all test documents affected, such as test plans, test conditions, and test cases, are updated accordingly.
4. Improved communication with requirements engineers and developers
Close collaboration between testers, requirements engineers, and developers is crucial to ensure that requirements are correctly understood and implemented. CPRE skills promote more efficient communication and collaboration as testers "speak the same language" and can discuss requirements in a more informed way.
5. Reuse of models
Requirements that have been modeled as part of the requirements creation process (e.g., decision tables, state machine diagrams) can be used by testers for test analysis and test design. This leads to a more efficient test design that is closely linked to the requirements. These models can also serve as a basis for using model-based testing.
6. Risk-based test planning
CPRE skills support testers in performing risk-based test planning. This helps testers to prioritize requirements according to their risk and to use test resources efficiently and purposefully so that the most critical areas are tested first.
Added value of CPRE skills in project management
CPRE skills offer decisive added value for project management, as they help project managers to plan, control, and successfully complete projects more efficiently.
The most important advantages that CPRE skills offer in traditional project management are:
1. Solid requirements basis for projects
One of the most common causes of project failure is unclear or incomplete requirements. CPRE skills teach methods for gathering precise and complete requirements, which forms the basis for sound project planning. A project manager with CPRE skills can ensure that the project has a stable foundation right from the start.
2. Effective communication and stakeholder management
CPRE skills help project managers to understand and manage the requirements of all stakeholders. They enable them to communicate clearly and effectively with the various interest groups and ensure that their needs are taken into account in the project.
3. Better planning and estimation
CPRE skills support project management in creating realistic and detailed estimates based on clearly defined requirements. This leads to more precise time and cost plans and reduces the risk of over- or underestimates.
4. Efficient change management
Requirements often change over the course of a project. CPRE skills provide project managers with the tools to systematically evaluate changes, understand their impact, and make decisions that do not unbalance the project.
5. Quality management through clear requirements
Clear and validated requirements contribute significantly to quality assurance. CPRE skills help project managers to ensure that the correct requirements are implemented.
Added value of CPRE skills for product owners
CPRE skills (Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering) offer considerable added value for a product owner, as they contribute directly to successful planning, control, and implementation in agile product development.
Important advantages that CPRE skills offer a product owner include:
1. Precise and clearly defined requirements
Product owners are responsible for translating the vision of the product into clearly defined requirements that are implemented by the developers (development teams). CPRE skills enable product owners to formulate these requirements precisely and comprehensibly. This reduces the risk of misunderstandings and errors in the development process.
2. Efficient stakeholder management
As the interface between the stakeholders and the developers, a product owner must ensure that all interests are taken into account. CPRE's requirements elicitation and stakeholder analysis practices help product owners to understand and manage the needs and priorities of all stakeholders.
3. Prioritization of requirements
CPRE skills help the product owner to prioritize requirements effectively. This is crucial to ensure that the developers work on the features that offer the greatest added value for the product. The structured approach in the CPRE allows the product owner to make informed decisions about which features should be implemented first.
4. Efficient traceability of the value chain
Traceability supports the product owner in the prioritization and planning of implementation by clarifying the connection between requirements and business or customer goals. It also creates transparency for stakeholders by showing how requirements have been implemented and how changes have been handled. Traceability also minimizes risks by making the effects of changes visible at an early stage. This helps product owners to control the scope, ensure that changes are well documented and communicated, and fully understand their impact on the product.
5. Improved communication and collaboration
Clear and precise communication is crucial for the success of a product owner. CPRE skills help product owners to document and communicate requirements clearly so that all team members and stakeholders have a common understanding of the goals. This improves collaboration within the team and leads to better results.