(TÜV SÜD: Peabody, MA) -- TÜV SÜD America has added Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (CPRE) examinations to its personal certification services in the Americas region through TÜV SÜD Examination Institute.

Requirements engineering is regarded as the ultimate discipline to make software projects successful. TÜV SÜD acts as a certification body for persons on behalf of the International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB) e.V.

What are the requirements for new software? Various studies have shown that up to 60 percent of errors in system development go back to poor communication around this issue. To counter the problem, one training qualification has been developed in three levels: IREB CPRE at the Foundation, Advanced, and Expert level. The IREB curriculum and testing was developed by leading experts in the fields of business requirements engineering, consulting, research, and science.

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