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Turn business needs into clear, testable requirements that developers, suppliers and stakeholders can use. Build a practical requirements specification through interviews, modelling and review, while preparing for the IREB CPRE Foundation Level examination. The certification focus is requirements engineering; workplace cases connect it to your wider business analysis role.
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For individuals & organisationsWe agree a start that fits your professional and personal commitments.
OSAM certificates: according to your starting level and learning goals. Company group programmes are usually planned in days or half-days.
Synchronous teaching. Both formats include the OSAM platform for course materials and organisational information.
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Preparation: IREB CPRE Foundation LevelAn individual quotation confirms the programme, delivery format and applicable fees.
Highly personalised teaching with experienced practitioners working at a high professional level.
FROM KNOWLEDGE TO CAPABILITY
Business professionals involved in IT or digital projects, business analysts, consultants, product owners and project coordinators who need to clarify needs, align stakeholders and communicate usable requirements.
YOUR LEARNING JOURNEY
These modules form the core programme. Where useful, we refine the emphasis, examples and learning activities to reflect your professional context, starting point and objectives.
Start with a realistic project brief, such as replacing an internal ordering tool. Separate the underlying problem from a proposed solution, map the people affected and establish system boundaries. Produce a short context statement and a list of decisions that need evidence before a supplier or development team can proceed.
Prepare interviews, observation tasks and a facilitated workshop around the same case. Choose questions that reveal workarounds, exceptions and competing priorities. Record the source of each need and distinguish agreed facts from assumptions. Turn an incomplete initial brief into a structured set of questions and candidate requirements.
Practise concise wording for functional requirements, quality expectations and constraints. Translate vague requests such as “easy to use” into criteria that can be discussed and checked. Assemble a requirements document with consistent terminology, acceptance criteria and links to business objectives; use user stories where they suit the delivery context.
Sketch a process, an information structure and a user interaction to examine the brief from different angles. Select a model because it helps answer a question, rather than adding diagrams for their own sake. Check consistency between the models and written requirements, and explain your decisions to a non-technical stakeholder.
Review a deliberately imperfect specification to find omissions, ambiguous language and contradictions. Use a simple prototype or walkthrough to gather feedback before implementation. Practise a discussion between stakeholders with competing priorities and document the agreed resolution, outstanding questions and criteria for approving the requirements.
Compare an iterative delivery setting with a project that needs an agreed specification early. Create a prioritised requirements baseline and assess a proposed change for its impact on users, cost and testing. Maintain traceability and version history so that stakeholders can see what changed, why and who made the decision.
Compare the needs of a shared document, backlog and specialist requirements tool without committing to a particular product. Define useful attributes, access rights and review steps. Finish the case dossier with a specification, models and change record, then present the next decisions to a project sponsor.
Map your knowledge to the current CPRE Foundation syllabus and terminology. Work through permitted practice material, analyse the reasoning behind incorrect answers and build an individual revision plan. The external examination is a separate step; its booking, language and fees are confirmed independently of the OSAM certificate.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND YOUR PROGRESS
Educational direction, subject expertise and adult learning support. Your final trainer assignment is confirmed in your proposal.
DIRECTOR’S PERSPECTIVE
Managing Director
Simon Pawolleck provides OSAM’s overall direction. The focus is on relevant skills, a clear learning structure and personal support that connects professional ambitions with practical progress.
EXPERT’S PERSPECTIVE
Digital transformation · OSAM expert network
Sébastien Brunelle is presented as a relevant expert from the OSAM network. The course trainer will be confirmed for your programme. Subject expertise supports practical cases, focused feedback and applications related to your working context.
ADULT LEARNING & ANDRAGOGY
Head of Adult Learning
Federal Diploma of Higher Education in Adult Education
Sandrine Mélé oversees the adult learning approach: coherent progression, active participation and learning methods that take account of prior experience. She supports a structured, practical and human approach to developing competence.
YOUR CERTIFICATION PATHWAY
An external certification in requirements engineering, separate from the OSAM certificate. Preparation follows the current Foundation syllabus; certification requires passing an independent examination.
Your offer confirms the preparation scope, examination language, selected certification body, booking support and any included fees. The OSAM programme does not automatically include the external award.
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Developing the skills of their employees with OSAM.
An experience centred on the people who learn with us.
Personal career goals. Shared organisational priorities.
SERI / SEFRIeduQua-certified institution. Federal qualifications listed by SERI in selected pathways.
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LEARNERS’ VOICES
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“Excellent quality and personalised practical scenarios.”
GOOD TO KNOW
Business professionals involved in IT or digital projects, business analysts, consultants, product owners and project coordinators who need to clarify needs, align stakeholders and communicate usable requirements. The programme is available to private individuals and organisations, including company teams. OSAM welcomes learners living or working in Switzerland as well as international participants joining live online.
OSAM is an eduQua-certified continuing education institution. An OSAM certificate documents the learning agreed for your programme; eduQua is a quality label for the institution, not federal recognition of every individual course.
An external certification in requirements engineering, separate from the OSAM certificate. Preparation follows the current Foundation syllabus; certification requires passing an independent examination. See certification and examination details
OSAM’s work connects individual professional development with the needs of companies in Switzerland and internationally. Client references and learner reviews below offer a practical view of that work.
You develop skills you can apply in real situations, with guidance from experienced practitioners and access to learning materials on the OSAM platform. The programme focuses on these outcomes:
Yes. We start with the established programme and refine the emphasis, practical cases and learning support where useful. Adjustments take account of the individual or company’s professional context, existing skills and goals. The agreed programme is confirmed before enrolment; federal examination requirements remain binding where applicable.
For the OSAM certificate, contact us to review your current level, prior experience and objectives. We will confirm the appropriate entry requirements and any recommended preparation.
No formal examination prerequisites. Practical exposure to projects or business processes helps you connect the concepts to your work.
No. The programme is designed to help business and technical colleagues work together. Experience of a business process or project is useful, but programming is not required. OSAM agrees an appropriate starting point with you.
CPRE stands for Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering. Foundation Level assesses requirements engineering knowledge. This course places those skills in business project situations, but does not present CPRE as a certification of every aspect of business analysis.
There are no formal entry requirements for CPRE Foundation Level. The current examination regulations specify approximately 45 multiple-choice questions in 75 minutes and a pass mark of 70% of the available points. An IREB-licensed certification body administers the examination; its current conditions apply.
The OSAM certificate and the external CPRE certification are distinct. Your quotation states the preparation scope and whether any exam booking or fee is included. The CPRE certificate requires passing the independent examination; completing the OSAM programme alone does not award it.
YOUR CAREER, IN PERSPECTIVE
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