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The CPRE training calendar

From now we publish the dates for public CPRE training courses of our recognized training providers.

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The Digital Design Professional (DDP)

Designing digital transformation holistically

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Get prepared for the CPRE

CPRE training courses are offered worldwide by our recognized training providers. They provide the most efficient way to get prepared for the exam.

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The CPRE expands your professional knowledge and is evidence of your expertise in RE. It improves your chances in the workplace and raises your market value.

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As a partner of IREB your company demonstrates a strong commitment to professional RE. Special marketing material and preferential support form part of the partnership agreement. Benefit from our excellent reputation!

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more than 76,000 FL Certificates
Worldwide 154 Partners
in 102 countries
  • "The use of methods and processes from the CPRE certification makes a significant contribution towards the success of the project."

    Rupert Wiebel, Managing Director of HOOD Group
  • "Our trailers are transforming from traditional transport units to smart systems with a wide range of digital services. In order to develop these, Schmitz Cargobull combines traditional automotive skills with innovative approaches. In this respect, the CPRE program forms a great foundation for sound Requirements Engineering."

    Bernd Weyring, Head of Requirements Engineering at Schmitz Cargobull AG
  • "At Bertrandt, we are strengthening our claim to quality and competence in Requirements Engineering with the IREB partner program. With the CPRE, we align ourselves with current standards and transfer our experience from complex projects and derivative best-practice approaches to our IREB trainings."

    Klaus Härtl, Head of Bertrandt Academy
  • "The CPRE certifications cover the most important RE topics in great detail and enable our consultants to meet customer expectations quickly."

    Sven Krause, Deutsche Bahn
  • "The CPRE Advanced Level Elicitation & Consolidation is only one more step – we will definitely stay on the ball and consolidate our knowledge by attending other Advanced Levels."

    Fritjof Ecke (November 2011), Head of Requirements-Management at W&W Informatik
  • "The CPRE certification represents an important component in the individual development of our employees."

    Stanislav Gert, Partner Manager - MID GmbH
  • "Through the CPRE we have achieved a common terminology in our RE processes and a shared understanding of how to deal with requirements."

    Jan Kleine, Trianel GmbH
  • "Practice-oriented knowledge in a nutshell."

    Clemens Schmidt, MEN Mikro Elektronik GmbH
  • "In the production of specification documents for suppliers at Mercedes-Benz specially adapted RM tools are used. Daimler AG increasingly demands the CPRE certificate from the companies which support the usage and further development of these tools."

    Dr. Frank Houdek, Daimler AG
  • "Careful elicitation of requirements and continuous requirements management are the foundations of successful IT projects. IREB is our methodological partner for this."

    Dr. Michael Möllerfeld, ammicon GmbH
  • "The CPRE enables me to better evaluate, what is really important and what should be implemented in the first instance."

    Peter Joost (November 2011), Novar GmbH - a Honeywell Company
  • "Our IREB skills have a direct pay-off in terms of customer satisfaction."

    Daniela Strasser, Director Sales & Marketing at Dr. Glinz COVIS GmbH
  • "Being a CPRE has given me the necessary knowledge to constantly deliver fit-for-purpose software requirements. A further result of applying the methodology is raising the bar in the Business Analysis department."

    Ana Vasilescu, CPRE certified professional
  • "The IREB certification also represents a valuable building block in the training and development of our consultants."

    Stiven Raso, Head of Consulting at Dr. Glinz COVIS GmbH
  • "The IREB certification plays a key role in our providing service quality - right at the beginning and throughout the project."

    Rüdiger Plette, Dr. Glinz COVIS GmbH
  • "We really appreciate the know-how gathered in the CPRE certification process, since it adds important methodologies and deep understanding to our consultant’s skill set."

    Dirk U. Proff, blueforte GmbH
  • "With CPRE certified consultants telexiom reaches a high standard of the bundle of methodologies that are necessary in IT driven projects."

    Dr. Andreas Kumpf, telexiom AG
  • "The RE@Agile is just fantastic ...a lot of great stuff in there."

    Stefan Eekenulv, Requirements Engineer, Business Analyst and Expert in Pragmatic Visual Knowledge Representation - Castra AB
  • "We observed greater efficiency in the consultants’ work, less frictional loss, and ultimately better requirements."

    Frank Engel, relationshipper GmbH
  • "The Schweizerische Mobiliar Versicherungsgesellschaft AG (Swiss Mobiliar Insurance Company) base their education on the IREB Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering CPRE model. The training for the CPRE Foundation Level is generally recommended. The subsequent CPRE Advanced Level RE@Agile training is a mandatory module for each product manager."

    Markus Broder, Agile Coach at Schweizerische Mobiliar Versicherungsgesellschaft AG

About IREB

IREB, the International Requirements Engineering Board - a non-profit organization - is the provider of the CPRE (Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering) certification scheme.

The Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering represents a carefully elaborated three level certification concept. It addresses practitioners working in Business Analysis, Requirements Engineering and Testing, who place high demands on the quality of their work.
It is IREB’s declared goal to foster further education in the field of Requirements Engineering.

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