iSAQB REQ4ARCRequirements for Software Architects Training
- 30 credit points toward CPSA-A
- No prerequisites
- Guaranteed dates
- Online or on site
Fact sheet
- Duration
- 3 days
- Format
- Live online or On site
- Language
- English and German
- Credit points
- 20 methodical and 10 communicative
Price per seat
from€1,980plus VAT
Next date
1–3 Dec 2026Live online8 dates
What this course is.
You turn vague wishes into requirements your design can be tested against.
- Current curriculum
- 2026.1
- iSAQB · Advanced Level · REQ4ARC
After the course you can:
- Find the requirements that shape a design
- Set vision, business goals and scope
- Write acceptance criteria and scenarios
- Check AI-drafted requirements
Dates for this course.
8 dates.
Group discount from 2 seats in one booking, applied automatically at checkout. The highest eligible discount applies.
December 2026
1 date, Live online, English
- Tue–Thu–CET
Online
Guaranteed to run- Format
- Live, instructor-led
- Language
- English
- Trainer
- Serkan Karagulle
- Seats
- 2 seats left
€2,190/ seat
plus VAT
January 2027
1 date, Live online, English
Tue–ThuTo be announcedOnline
From 2 seats in one booking- Format
- Live, instructor-led
- Language
- English
- Trainer
- Serkan Karagulle
- Seats
- Available
Early birdCurrent price €1,980/ seat
Regular price
€2,200Save €220plus VAT
March 2027
1 date, Munich, German
Tue–ThuTo be announcedGermany
From 2 seats in one booking- City
- Munich
- Language
- German
- Trainer
- Dr. Gernot Starke
- Seats
- Available
Early birdCurrent price €2,205/ seat
Regular price
€2,450Save €245plus VAT
April 2027
1 date, Live online, German
Tue–ThuTo be announcedOnline
From 2 seats in one booking- Format
- Live, instructor-led
- Language
- German
- Trainer
- Dr. Gernot Starke
- Seats
- Available
Early birdCurrent price €1,980/ seat
Regular price
€2,200Save €220plus VAT
June 2027
1 date, Live online, English
Tue–ThuTo be announcedOnline
From 2 seats in one booking- Format
- Live, instructor-led
- Language
- English
- Trainer
- Wolfgang Reimesch
- Seats
- Available
Early birdCurrent price €1,980/ seat
Regular price
€2,200Save €220plus VAT
August 2027
1 date, Live online, English
Tue–ThuTo be announcedOnline
From 2 seats in one booking- Format
- Live, instructor-led
- Language
- English
- Trainer
- Serkan Karagulle
- Seats
- Available
Early birdCurrent price €1,980/ seat
Regular price
€2,200Save €220plus VAT
September 2027
1 date, Frankfurt am Main, German
Tue–ThuTo be announcedGermany
From 2 seats in one booking- City
- Frankfurt am Main
- Language
- German
- Trainer
- Dr. Gernot Starke
- Seats
- Available
Early birdCurrent price €2,205/ seat
Regular price
€2,450Save €245plus VAT
November 2027
1 date, Live online, German
Tue–ThuTo be announcedOnline
From 2 seats in one booking- Format
- Live, instructor-led
- Language
- German
- Trainer
- Serkan Karagulle
- Seats
- Available
Early birdCurrent price €1,980/ seat
Regular price
€2,200Save €220plus VAT
Prices are per seat and exclude VAT (value-added tax). Hours are in Central European Time (CET or CEST) unless a date says otherwise.
Looking for an inhouse REQ4ARC training for your team? Ask us.
Is this the right course for you?
Who it's for
If one of these four describes your work, you are in the right room.
- You base architecture decisions on requirements written by others.
- You have to ask for the input a design decision is missing.
- You turn vague quality wishes into criteria a team can test.
- You sit between a product backlog and an architecture decision.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites- Prior knowledge:
The REQ4ARC curriculum names none for this module
- Certification:
The curriculum states that Advanced modules can be attended independently of a CPSA-F certification
What the course covers.
The topics follow the iSAQB REQ4ARC curriculum 2026.1. Your trainer works through them live with the group.
- Introduction and Motivation
- Cooperation between Roles
- Clean Start
- Handling Functional Requirements
- Handling Quality Requirements and Constraints
- Behavior Driven Development
- AI in RE
- Prioritization and Estimation of Requirements
- Tools for Requirements Engineering
- Example
After the course you can
- Tell architecturally significant requirements from the rest
- Set a vision, business goals, stakeholders and system scope
- Split coarse requirements into value-adding processes
- Write acceptance criteria for functional requirements
- Make a vague quality requirement checkable as a scenario
- Record a requirement as a Given-When-Then scenario
- Check AI-drafted requirements against stakeholders and the glossary
- Order requirements by business value and estimate them
How the training works.
- Before the date
Before the course
Before the Albion REQ4ARC course you receive the materials and either the joining details or the address of the venue.
- Day 1Day 2Day 3
The course days
The course days follow the same programme online and on site; the times are on the date you booked.
- After the courseCredit points and certificate
After the course
From 80 percent attendance you get the Albion certificate of participation; the credit points count toward CPSA-A admission.
Credit points, and the certificate you take home.
Certificate of participation
Albion- To receive it
- At least 80% of the course time attended
Credit points
iSAQB30 credit points toward CPSA-A
This course has no exam.
- Technical
- 0 credit points
- Methodical
- 20 credit points
- Communicative
- 10 credit points
What you still need for CPSA-A
This course contributes 30 of the 70 credit points required. Your total across modules must include at least 10 points in each area.
You also need the CPSA-F (Foundation) certificate; the official rules cover the remaining eligibility and assessment requirements.
Why book with Albion.
Every promise here is one the Terms can be held to, on every course.
Verified digital certificate
Public verification pageEvery certificate Albion issues has a public verification page, and the certificate showroom shows a sample of each one.
See the certificate showroomAccredited trainers who work as architects
iSAQB accreditationYour trainers are accredited iSAQB trainers who work as architects, so the exercises come from systems they have built.
Who teaches this course.
The trainers running the scheduled dates.
Related modules.
Requirements for Software Architects adds 20 methodical and 10 communicative points toward CPSA-A. Technical is still open.
- Technical
- 0Open: minimum is 10
- Methodical
- 20Minimum of 10 met
- Communicative
- 10Minimum of 10 met
This course only. Your previous modules are not included. CPSA-A requires 70 points, at least 10 in each area, plus the Foundation certificate.
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- FLEXFlexible Architecture Models20 technical, 10 methodical, and 0 communicative points2 Nov2026from €1,9802 Nov 2026
- FMFormal Methods20 technical, 10 methodical, and 0 communicative points30 Nov2026from €1,80030 Nov 2026
- FUNARFunctional Software Architecture20 technical, 10 methodical, and 0 communicative points26 Oct2026from €2,03226 Oct 2026
This list has 8 modules.
Questions before you book.
Credit points and certificate
The Albion REQ4ARC course has no exam and earns CPSA-A credit points. Certification involves an assignment and an oral exam assessed by experts appointed by the iSAQB, after all admission requirements have been met.
The Albion REQ4ARC course carries 30 credit points under the iSAQB curriculum 2026.1: 20 in the methodical area of competence, 10 in the communicative area and none in the technical area.
For the Albion REQ4ARC course you receive the Albion certificate of participation from 80% attendance, with a public verification page. It records that you attended and depends on no exam.
The course
You do not need CPSA-F for the Albion REQ4ARC course. The curriculum states that Advanced modules can be attended independently of a CPSA-F certification. Only the CPSA-A exam requires a passed Foundation exam.
The Albion REQ4ARC course needs no prior requirements engineering experience. The curriculum addresses architects and development teams who are entering professional requirements engineering.
Yes. The Albion REQ4ARC course covers AI in requirements engineering under curriculum 2026.1: LLM capabilities, limitations and checking their results. The curriculum recommends 60 minutes for this chapter.
The Albion REQ4ARC course follows the same programme online and on site.
Booking and price
A booking for several seats on the Albion REQ4ARC course receives a group discount. The date row and checkout show whether it applies and the minimum number of seats.
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8 dates, next on 1–3 Dec 2026, from €1,980 plus VAT.