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Take advantage of our unique source of knowledge on Requirements Engineering, agile concepts, digitialization, and related topics. RE the magazine is available online and free of charge. Published by IREB, written by the community for the community.
New at IREB: The Lunch Lab
Starting in October, there’s a great reason to spend your lunch break differently: With the IREB Lunch Lab, we’re launching a new online format together with our partners - compact, practical, and to the point.
Every Thursday from 12:00–12:45 p.m., professionals from the fields of Requirements Engineering, Business Analysis, and Digital Design will speak openly about what truly matters to them in their day-to-day work.
Each session will be led by a different partner company with its own area of focus, followed by an open discussion in a small group - our Community Ambassadors from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland will also be joining us.
The sessions will be held in German.
RE the magazine, the online magazine published by IREB e.V., is now available on its own dedicated website.
This gives the magazine its own independent presence - just like CPRE and DDP have had for a long time.
All existing articles remain permanently accessible. What's new is an improved search function that makes it even easier to find content. Readers can leave comments on articles via LinkedIn. This is designed to strengthen exchange within the community and beyond: discussions bring clarity, new insights, and fresh ideas.
If you'd like to share your own Requirements Engineering experience: we're always happy to welcome new authors from the community.
You have questions about Requirements Engineering?
Or would you like to engage in an open discussion with other RE enthusiasts?
Then join us for our next IREB Community Austria | Germany | Switzerland consultation session!
Featuring:
We’ll discuss everything related to RE. Further information about the content and registration can be found at RE Consultation Hours Dach
Join us, bring your questions, and take advantage of this opportunity for an open exchange with our community and our experts.
The RE consultation hours will be held in German.
IREB and adesso invite you to the Community MeetUp in Essen.
Under the title AI vs Digital Design & Requirements Engineering, this event is aimed at beginners, interested participants, and experts in DD & RE.
In their talks, the speakers explore the challenges and opportunities that artificial intelligence presents in their respective fields:
Ingo Waclawczyk
Digital Design vs. Quasi Digital Design –
An Analysis of Possible Futures with Artificial Intelligence
Gunnar Harde
When AI Writes Requirements – The Future of the Requirements Engineer
Agenda:
17:30 - Welcome by IREB & adesso
17:45 - Talk 1: Ingo Waclawczyk
18:15 - Talk 2: Gunnar Harde
18:45 - Break with drinks & finger food
19:15 - Discussion: “What can RE professionals learn from DD professionals?”
20:00 - Open networking
21:00 - End
Today, AI no longer takes over just individual tasks, but also analysis, design, and at times even decisions. That is tempting and risky at the same time. How can we keep understanding the results, trust AI for good reason, and retain responsibility?
At our IREB Community Germany MeetUp at BettercallPaul, you will get two perspectives on this:
From Tool to Partner
Kim Lauenroth, FH Dortmund
A small, practical philosophy for an enlightened approach to AI: drawing on Kant's call to use one's own understanding, and on examples from Requirements Engineering and Digital Design, this talk shows how precise instructions, templates, and traceable structures turn AI into a partner with complementary strengths.
Humans at the Center: Requirements Engineering for AI-Powered Applications
Catherine Heyart, BCxP
A practical report from a current project for a client in the energy sector: a web application uses AI to recognize documents, classify them, and assign them to the right components. The focus is on how users can operate the AI well and trust it, using human in the loop, understandable explanations, and clear process visualization.
And afterwards?
Afterwards, there will be time for questions, discussion, and exchange with the IREB Community.
Agenda:
17:30 – Welcome from IREB & BCxP
17:45 – Talk 1: Kim Lauenroth
18:15 – Talk 2: Catherine Heyart
18:45 – Break with drinks & finger food
19:15 – Discussion: "How trustworthy is AI in everyday work? And how do we assess that?"
20:00 – Open networking
21:00 – End
Event language: German
IREB exploRE Local: Kraków is an event for everyone interested in requirements engineering, business analysis, and modern approaches to designing and developing IT solutions.
The agenda will feature expert talks, practical project experience, and plenty of space for discussion, networking, and knowledge exchange between practitioners and the academic community.
The event is organized jointly with AGH University of Krakow, and the speakers include Dr Maria Eckes, Dr hab. Eng. Jacek Dajda, and Radosław Grębski.
It is a great opportunity to explore different perspectives, discuss current challenges in business analysis and requirements engineering, and build valuable professional connections.
Talks • Networking • Experience sharing
Event is held in Polish
Bei diesem IREB Lunch Lab widmen wir uns der Frage, wie sich KI-gestützte Entwicklung und strenge regulatorische Anforderungen miteinander vereinbaren lassen.
Kay Maung-Yin (Collaboration Betters The World) bringt Einblicke aus der Finanz- und Versicherungsbranche mit und beleuchtet die Sicherheitsrisiken KI-generierter Software sowie die Anforderungen des Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).
Wie lassen sich Governance, Compliance und Entwicklungstempo in Einklang bringen, ohne Innovation auszubremsen?
Diskutieren Sie mit – kompakt und praxisnah beim IREB Lunch Lab am 10. Dezember. Die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei.
Knowing the right methods is only half the story. How they are applied in real projects decides whether Requirements Engineering works in practice. Yet many teams stick with familiar approaches out of habit rather than because they fit.
In this IREB Community India session, we bring together experts and practitioners for an open roundtable on [topic]. What works in practice, what doesn’t, and why? Where do established approaches support good requirements practice, and where do they get in the way?
exploRE is the international conference for Requirements Engineers, Business Analysts, Software and Systems Engineers, and everyone working with requirements. IREB hosts exploRE 2027 with the active support of the IREB Community Poland.
It takes place at Ibis Styles Hotel in Wrocław on May 7 2027.
IREB is determinedly driving practice-relevant continuing education in Requirements Engineering and Digital Design forward. With the growing reach and success of the certification programs, your CPRE or DDP certificate is becoming increasingly sought after and valuable in the job market.
What would IREB be without a worldwide network that appreciates the added value of the CPRE and DDP certification programs and supports the training courses?
Around the world, our recognized training providers, certifiers, and partner program participants help you to expand your expertise and take a decisive step towards greater professional success.
The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) defines business analysis as “the practice of enabling change in the context of an enterprise by defining needs and recommending solutions that deliver value to stakeholders” [1]. This process relies heavily on effective communication and understanding of stakeholder needs, with particular emphasis on active listening. In this article, we will explore why these skills are essential for business analysts and how they can overcome some typical barriers to active listening. We will also highlight the benefits of these practices in fostering better relationships and creating a positive work environment.
In this paper, we will show how the SysML modeling language can be useful to complement the requirements process, i.e. to better define and trace requirements. The Systems Modeling Language (SysML: www.omgsysml.org) is a general-purpose graphical modeling language, defined by the Object Management Group (OMG), based on the well-known Unified Modeling Language (UML: www.uml.org). It is used for specifying, analyzing, designing and verifying complex systems, and is designed to provide simple but powerful constructs for modeling a wide range of systems engineering problems. It is particularly effective in specifying requirements: the structure, behavior, allocations and constraints on system properties that support engineering analysis.
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