Architecture and Design: Core + Advanced Training Training Course

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or on-site) is designed for beginner to intermediate-level participants who wish to address everyday workplace challenges through gamification techniques.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the principles of Design Thinking and their application to problem-solving.
• Incorporate gamification techniques to foster engagement and innovation.
• Develop creative and practical solutions to common workplace issues.
• Collaborate effectively across teams to implement problem-solving strategies.
• Apply iterative approaches to refine solutions through feedback and experimentation.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (available online or on-site) is designed for intermediate-level developers, architects, and analysts who wish to learn and apply DDD concepts and practices within their software projects.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand core DDD concepts (such as bounded contexts, entities, etc.) and how they are applied in software projects.
• Apply strategic DDD to define and design the domain model, identify subdomains, and establish clear boundaries.
• Implement tactical DDD using patterns such as CQRS, factories, and event sourcing.
• Effectively refactor and modernise legacy systems using DDD techniques.
• Design and implement product-, domain-, and team-oriented architectures.
• Leverage data mesh to build a domain-oriented data platform that supports data discovery and governance.

In this instructor-led, live workshop training in New Zealand (online or on-site), participants will learn how to apply the five stages of Design Thinking to better understand the problems experienced by end-users of a product or service, and then develop the most effective approach to resolve them.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Use creative strategies to align customer needs with technologically feasible solutions.
• Formulate strategies to increase customer value and enhance product and service offerings.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or on-site) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level professionals who wish to understand and apply Design Thinking methodologies to drive innovation and improve business solutions.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the core principles of Design Thinking and its role in innovation.
• Apply the five phases of Design Thinking to problem-solving.
• Utilise ideation techniques and tools to foster creativity.
• Implement Design Thinking strategies to improve processes and enhance efficiency.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or on-site) is designed for emerging leaders and HR professionals who wish to learn and apply Design Thinking methodologies to foster innovation, enhance problem-solving capabilities, and engage teams effectively.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Gain access to tools and methodologies that foster innovation and team engagement.
• Develop skills in empathy mapping, ideation, and prototyping to tackle complex challenges.
• Apply Design Thinking principles to leadership and HR scenarios.
• Cultivate a culture of innovation within technology teams.

Overview:

The Design Thinking (DT) process comprises five distinct stages: empathise, define the problem, ideate, prototype, and test.

In an increasingly complex world, we encounter challenges that often require specialised approaches. Design Thinking provides the framework to tackle these complex issues effectively. Mastering design thinking enables individuals to manage complex problems efficiently, communicate more clearly, persuade with greater impact, improve business outcomes, and enhance both organisational and personal behaviour and performance.

• How DT works: learn from people and problem, find patterns, design model (model drift), test the model, evaluate the model and re-engineer.
• Relationship between DT, innovation and entrepreneurship.
• DT methods and tools: persona, stakeholder map, customer journey map, service blueprint, business model innovation.
• Application of DT: design mindset, disruptive innovation, iterative approach, agile estimation technique, critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork, leadership readiness, communication skills, technology savvy, forward thinking, intercultural and ethical competency, emotional intelligence, self-awareness, negotiating skills, conflict resolution.

Objectives:

• To understand the fundamentals and nuances of DT
• To explore key concepts, factors, theories, types, and models in DT
• To experiment, experience and practice DT

Delivery:

This is a 1 day (4 hours) training course and consists of:

• lectures (40% - presentation of theories, concepts, models, and interactions),
• group exercises (30% - group dynamics, games, group discussion, and mock-conflict resolution exercises),
• individual activities (15% - writing, designing and peer discussion)
• and others (15% - videos, reading).

Note: due to the nature of this course there is a minimum group size of 3

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or onsite) is designed for intermediate-level Java developers who want to apply design patterns to enhance software structure, maintainability, and scalability.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the purpose and benefits of design patterns.
• Effectively apply Creational, Structural, and Behavioural patterns in Java.
• Improve code reusability, scalability, and maintainability.
• Refactor existing codebases using design patterns.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or on-site) is designed for intermediate-level PHP developers who want to apply design patterns effectively in their projects.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the purpose and benefits of design patterns.
• Identify and implement appropriate design patterns for common scenarios.
• Structure PHP applications using industry-recognised best practices.
• Integrate patterns into modern frameworks such as Symfony or Zend.

This instructor-led, live training in (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level PCB designers and electronics engineers who wish to develop a complete and controlled PCB design workflow using Altium Designer.

Participants work on one connected project, progressing from project setup and component libraries through schematic capture, PCB layout and verification to manufacturing outputs and controlled production release.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Create and manage structured Altium Designer PCB projects.

• Build and validate schematic designs and component libraries.

• Configure PCB rules, routing, DRC and manufacturing constraints.

• Generate and verify fabrication, assembly and mechanical outputs.

• Apply practical high-speed design constraints.

• Manage engineering changes and controlled re-releases.