Abstract
Nowadays, there exist a plethora of different educational syllabi for Requirements Engineering (RE), all aiming at incorporating practically relevant educational units (EUs). Many of these syllabi are based, in one way or the other, on the syllabi provided by the International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB), a non-profit organisation devoted to standardised certification programs for RE. IREB syllabi are developed by RE experts and are, thus, based on the assumption that they address topics of practical relevance. However, little is known about to what extent practitioners actually perceive those contents as useful. We have started a study to investigate the relevance of the EUs included in the IREB Foundation Level certification programme. In the first phase reported in this paper, we have surveyed practitioners mainly from DACH countries (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) who participated in the IREB certification. Later phases will widen the scope both by including other countries and by not requiring IREB-certified participants. The results shall foster a critical reflection on the practical relevance of EUs built upon the de-facto standard syllabus of IREB.
Original language | English |
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Pages | 476-487 |
Number of pages | 12 |
State | Published - 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 22nd Ibero-American Conference on Software Engineering, CIbSE 2019 - La Habana, Cuba Duration: 22 Apr 2019 → 26 Apr 2019 |
Conference
Conference | 22nd Ibero-American Conference on Software Engineering, CIbSE 2019 |
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Country/Territory | Cuba |
City | La Habana |
Period | 22/04/19 → 26/04/19 |
Keywords
- Certification programs
- Requirements engineering education
- Survey research