iSAQB® REQ4ARC - Requirements for Software Architects
The iSAQB® REQ4ARC, Requirements for Software Architects module covers how to handle requirements in software architecture. You will learn to identify, check, prioritize, and translate functional requirements, quality requirements, and constraints into architectural decisions.
Upcoming REQ4ARC Sessions
5 sessionsDescription
The iSAQB® REQ4ARC, Requirements for Software Architects module covers how to handle requirements in software architecture. You will learn to identify, check, prioritize, and translate functional requirements, quality requirements, and constraints into architectural decisions. Typical topics include stakeholder communication, dealing with unclear or conflicting statements, architectural goals, scenarios, and trade-offs between competing quality characteristics. Depending on the provider, you will work with lectures, discussions, case studies, and practical exercises. After the course, you can use requirements in a more targeted way for architectural work and iSAQB® CPSA-Advanced learning goals.
What You Will Learn
CPSA® REQ4ARC course in detail
Part 1-Introduction and Motivation
Part 2-Clean Start
Part 3-Handling Functional Requirements
Part 4-Handling Quality Requirements and Constraints
Part 5-Behavior-Driven Development
Part 6-Prioritization and Estimation of Requirements
Part 7-Cooperation between Roles
Part 8-Tools for Requirements Engineering
Part 9-Examples
Certification & Exam
Upon successful participation in an iSAQB® accredited REQ4ARC training, you receive 30 credit points for the CPSA-A certification: 20 in the methodical competence area and 10 in the communicative competence area. The module itself does not conclude with its own iSAQB certificate, but counts as a building block toward the Certified Professional for Software Architecture, Advanced Level, CPSA-A.
For the CPSA-A certification, you also need a valid CPSA-F certificate, sufficient practical experience, and a total of at least 70 credit points from the three competence areas, with at least 10 points per area. The current information from the iSAQB is authoritative. Official source: iSAQB REQ4ARC and CPSA-Advanced-Level. (isaqb.org)
What You Will Achieve
After the training, you can:
Assess which functional requirements, quality requirements, and constraints are relevant for architectural decisions.
Formulate, document, and check whether requirements for software architecture are described clearly, traceably, and usefully.
Analyze which stakeholders influence architectural goals and systematically record their expectations.
Prioritize conflicting, incomplete, or vague requirements based on business and technical criteria.
Link requirements with architectural decisions, quality goals, and architectural models.
Apply how requirements models and architectural models work together in the iSAQB® CPSA context.
Document why certain requirements influence an architectural decision so that teams can understand decisions later.
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REQ4ARC is the Advanced Level module Requirements for Software Architects. Its goal is to give architects enough requirements engineering know how so they can make sound architecture decisions based on real stakeholder needs.
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