Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) – Requirements Competence Center

NS has been contributing to mobility and progress in the Netherlands for over 175 years. The company plays a very significant role in its domestic market. Over the past years, NS has been accumulating an increasing share of rail transport in other European countries through its subsidiary Abellio.

NS operates in the public transport sector. It provides reliable passenger transport, comfortable trains and buses, lively stations and station areas and a range of services for a pleasant journey from door to door. Our 28,500 employees put their combined efforts into a single mission: making passengers feel connected by NS.

The top priorities for NS are passengers, passengers and passengers. Every day. NS will continue to work as hard as ever with other carriers and stakeholders to improve mobility by making the door-to-door journey and public transport as a whole simpler and more attractive. Investing in IT is an important part of that.

In order to get the right results with IT it is key to pay attention to requirements. Within NS this is being acknowledged and implemented in various ways. One way is by investing in the requirements engineering expertise of its employees. IREB is the standard in this competence area.