The Evaluation of a Requirements Engineering Training Program at Siemens

In 2003, the Software & Engineering department (S&E) at Siemens Corporate Research (SCR) initiated the training of Siemens employees worldwide in requirements engineering (RE). The first courses taught were customized for the target audience and taught onsite. In 2005, a standardized foundation course was created; the first course in a suite of offerings. To date, the course has been taught to over 200 Siemens professionals worldwide. In order to determine the impact of the training at Siemens, and to improve the course, a survey was conducted and the results are reported in this paper, along with an analysis of our findings.