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Requirements Identification and Management

BUS ADM X448.2

40294
Delivery Options Online

Learn how to manage conflicts, issues and changes to ensure that stakeholders and the project team agree on the solution scope and how requirements are communicated. Study the elicitation knowledge area, which includes details for eliciting business, stakeholder, solution or transition requirements. You also explore the "Requirements Management and Communication" knowledge area, which describes the activities and considerations for managing and expressing requirements to a broad and diverse audience. Gain the training and knowledge necessary to become a Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP®).

In Focus: Business Analysis Competency Model

In this course, you will gain skills in the Elicitation and Collaboration and Requirements Life Cycle Management sections, including:

  • Trace requirements
  • Maintain requirements
  • Prioritize requirements
  • Assess requirements changes
  • Approve requirements
Infographic showing Elicitation and Collaboration and Requirements Life Cycle management slices of IIBA Business Analysis Competency Model

Learn more about the IIBA® Business Analysis Competency Model.

Prerequisites:

To succeed in this course, it is recommended that students first complete a foundational course in business analysis, such as Business Analysis Planning and Methods BUS ADM X448.1, or have some professional experience in the field business analysis.

Course Outline

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Course Objectives

  • Prepare and conduct requirements elicitation
  • Understand document requirements elicitation results
  • Confirm elicitation results
  • Manage solution scope and requirements
  • Manage requirements traceability
  • Enable requirements reuse
  • Learn document requirements
  • Communicate business requirements and business analysis information
  • Conduct workshops and surveys

What You Learn

  • Requirements gathering
  • Requirements gathering results
  • Stakeholder collaboration
  • Requirements trace matrices
  • Requirements maintenance, prioritization and documentation
  • Requirements verification and approval

How You Learn

  • Online course commentaries
  • Course readings
  • Online discussions
  • Written assignments
  • Final project
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Sections

Section 050

Oct 24 to Dec 19

Type: Online, Fixed Date

Instructor:

  • Nathaniel Pleasant Crews

Cost: $1,100.00

See section 050 Details

Type Online, Fixed Date

Dates

Oct 24, 2025 to Dec 19, 2025

Instructional Hours

30.00

Delivery Options

Online

Available for Credit

2 semester units

Section Notes

Students must score a 70% or higher on the final exam to pass the course.

Section Materials

  • Textbook

    (Mandatory)

    Getting It Right: Business Requirement Analysis Tools and Techniques by Kathleen B. Hass, Don J. Wessels, Kevin Brennan

    © 2008 Management Concepts, Inc. ISBN 1567262112 Textbook ISBN: 9781567262117
  • Textbook

    (Mandatory)

    Unearthing Business Requirements: Elicitation Tools and Techniques by Rosemary Hossenlopp, Kathleen B. Hass

    © 2008 Management Concepts, Inc. ISBN 1567262104 Textbook ISBN: 9781567262100
  • Textbook

    (Mandatory)

    A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide)

    © 2015 International Institute of Business Analysis v3 edition ISBN 1927584027 Textbook ISBN: 9781927584026

Fall 2025 enrollment opens on June 16!

This course applies to the following programs:

Certificate Program in Business Analysis

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Required Courses

  • Business Analysis Fundamentals
  • Business Analysis Planning and Methods
  • Requirements Identification and Management
  • Business Solution Development and Delivery
  • Business Solution Evaluation and Validation

Learn More About This Program

Notes

Those who intend to sit for the CBAP exam should also meet IIBA® testing requirements.

Departmental contact: extension-business@berkeley.edu

Instructional Types

Live Online
Live Online courses provide an interactive learning experience with scheduled synchronous online sessions held via Zoom video conferencing (Pacific Time). Learn more about the Live Online format.
Online, Start Anytime
Continuous enrollment course begins when you enroll. You have a minimum of 90 days and a maximum of 180 days to complete the course.
Online, Fixed Date
Enroll in this course by its start date and complete it by its specified end date. There are no live sessions, but plenty of opportunities to collaborate with your classmates and instructor.
Classroom
Take classes in-person at one of our buildings or partner locations.

English Language Proficiency Requirements

All of our courses are taught in English. If English is not your first language, please use the following test scores as guides in order to be successful:

  • TOEFL: 90
  • IELTS Academic Format: 7
  • DAAD: C1
  • TEM-4 or TEM-8: Level 70
  • Duolingo: 125

Note: You do not need to submit test scores.

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Nathaniel Pleasant Crews

Nate Crews, PhD, M.S., M.B.A., ACP, CBAP, CSM, CSPO, PMP, has been involved in the management of projects and programs for more than 34 years using systems development life cycle and Agile methodologies. Currently, he is a senior project management and technology consultant for the International Institute for Learning in New York and Corporate Education Group in Boston. He teaches on-site and virtual courses for corporate clients worldwide such as AT&T, Chevron, Citibank, Southern California Edison and Toyota. He has been teaching for UC Irvine Extension, UCLA Extension and corporate clients since 2006.

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