How To Pass CPRE In One Month

After passing CPRE certification, I would like to summarize my experience, tips and ideas with everyone who is aspired to do this certification. All you need to know for your research in order to clear Certified Professional for Requirement Engineering by IREB is summarized below:

·       I have done my research through LinkedIn and Google, trying to reach out to all the people who has cleared this certification in past to get the insights.

·       One month of Time span would be more than enough in order to clear the exam (Hoping you are ensuing to follow the steps and give the allotted time as mentioned in this article)

·       Recommended Book for this exam is Requirements Engineering Fundamentals, 2e by Pohl Klaus. I have mentioned the link below from where you can either order either the paperback version or Kindle version. I will recommend you go for Kindle one if you are picking up books to study after a gap of 2-3 years and you have kindle easily available with you.

https://www.amazon.in/Requirements-Engineering-Fundamentals-Klaus-Pohl/dp/193753877X

·       Three to Four readings of this book would be enough in order to clear the concepts and terminology/glossary for the exam provided you are practicing Agile or requirement engineering in your work simultaneously.

·       Below is the chapter wise ranking for the exam. My Exam was of total 66 points divided into 46 questions. Source of the below is based on the result sheet ranking I received after my exam.

 Chapter Ranking

Introduction and Foundations - 6.00 points

System and Context Boundaries - 7.00 points

Eliciting Requirements - 7.00 points

Documenting Requirements - 5.00 points

Documenting Requirements in Natural Language - 7.00 points

Model-based Requirements Documentation - 16.00 points

Requirements Validation and Negotiation - 4.00 points

Requirements Management - 9.00 points

Tool Support - 5.00 points

Below are the chapter wise division of time I have proposed for my learning, based on the detailing in Topics. Total of 18 hours Reading, 2 hours in weekday and 4 hours on weekends. You can complete one read in One week, so total 4 readings can be done in a month.

Chapter Time

Introduction and Foundations - 1.5 Hours

System and Context Boundaries - 1 Hours

Eliciting Requirements - 2 Hours

Documenting Requirements - 2 Hours

Documenting Requirements in Natural Language - 1.5 Hours

Model-based Requirements Documentation - 3.5 Hours

Requirements Validation and Negotiation - 2.5 Hours

Requirements Management - 2.5 Hours

Tool Support - 1.5 Hours

Below are the steps you must follow in order to clear the exam:

1.     Do a research on this topic or certification for a week, to know more in detail about the same.

The below link will provide you almost all details which you should be aware of before filling the application form for the exam.

https://www.ireb.org/en/cpre/foundation/

I can help you with one quick Tip here: You can either skip the training or can go for online/offline 3 days training, depending on how closely you are practicing Requirements Engineering.  I went for 3 days offline training in my office given by one of my colleagues who is a certified Requirement Engineer.

2.     Fill the exam using below link by Prometric. Certification Body is CERTIBLE. Schedule an exam one month prior and it will give you motivation as well to study thoroughly for next one month.

https://www.prometric.com/test-takers/search/certi

3.     Buy the Book Requirements Engineering Fundamentals, 2e by Pohl Klaus and start reading.

4.     After one thorough read you can try attempting sample paper, try to give online exam using the below link, this will help you to track your progress and to monitor which are all the topics need more attention and detailing.

https://www.ireb.org/en/exams/cpre-online-assessments/

5.     Also, try not to waste your time in order to find dumps or more practice examination as I have done a lot of research could not find any other good practice exam other than the one mentioned above. But I have prepared some questions depending on exam and my study which can help you to find out the most important topics for the exam. Kindly let me know if you want me to share those questions, will be happy to assist.

Happy read and happy exam ??