Module 1 / Four lessons / Eight videos
The AI-Native
Requirements Detective
Most failed projects were built correctly — from the wrong requirements. This course teaches you to find the need behind the request, write it so a tester can pass or fail it, cut the requirements that earn nothing, and leave no line open to two readings — with an AI assistant working the way it should.
- Format
- Lecture + hands-on video
- Practice
- 10-minute assignment per lesson
- You need
- A text editor and an AI assistant
Lesson 01 of 04
Requirements Are Discovered
The tell The client hands you a solution and everyone treats it as the need.
Requirements are Discovered challenges the common belief that requirements are simply gathered from stakeholders. Learn practical techniques for uncovering hidden needs, asking better questions, validating assumptions, and revealing the real problem to solve. Discover how AI can accelerate requirements discovery while keeping human insight and engineering judgment at the center of the process.
Lesson 02 of 04
Requirements Can Be Tested
The tell Nobody in the room can say what would count as passing.
If You Cannot Test It, It Is Not a Requirement demonstrates why every meaningful requirement must be measurable and verifiable. Learn how to write clear, testable requirements that eliminate ambiguity, improve communication, and reduce costly rework. Discover how AI can help refine vague requirements into precise statements that developers, testers, and stakeholders can confidently validate.
Lesson 03 of 04
Every Requirement Earns Its Place
The tell It is in the build because it was on the list, and nobody remembers why.
Every Requirement Earns Its Place teaches that every requirement should provide clear, measurable value to the product or the customer. Learn how to identify unnecessary features, eliminate scope creep, and focus development on what truly matters. Discover how AI can help evaluate, refine, and justify requirements while keeping business value and engineering judgment at the center of every decision.
Lesson 04 of 04
Precision Beats Ambiguity
The tell Two people read the same line and build two different things.
Precision Defeats Ambiguity demonstrates why clear, unambiguous requirements are the foundation of successful software projects. Learn how to replace vague language with precise, testable statements that improve communication, reduce misunderstandings, and lead to better software. Discover how AI can help refine requirements, uncover ambiguity, and produce specifications that developers, testers, and stakeholders interpret consistently.
Carry this out of the course
Three questions to ask any requirement
- 01 What need does this serve, in the client's words?
- 02 How would a tester write PASS or FAIL from this line alone?
- 03 Whose number is that — the client's, or the assistant's?
No need, no test, and no source means the line is not a requirement — strike it. Most engineers write down what they were told. Senior engineers find out what was meant.