Brainstorming 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.

Domain Driven Design (DDD) is an approach for managing complex behaviours when developing software.

Domain-Driven Design (DDD) is an approach to software development that emphasises designing systems around the business domain, using a shared ubiquitous language and tactical and strategic modelling techniques.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at advanced-level senior developers who wish to apply DDD principles to design robust, maintainable, and scalable systems.

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

• Identify and model core domain concepts using ubiquitous language and bounded contexts.
• Apply tactical DDD patterns such as entities, value objects, aggregates, repositories, and domain services.
• Design context maps and strategic boundaries to manage complexity across microservices and teams.
• Integrate DDD practices into Agile teams and CI/CD workflows to improve collaboration and delivery.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customisation Options

• To request a customised training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

There is a wealth of proven patterns readily accessible to everyone. Often, it simply involves adapting the nomenclature and implementing the pattern within a specific technology. This approach can save countless hours that would otherwise be dedicated to design and testing. The goals of this training are twofold: first, it empowers you to leverage widely recognised patterns; second, it enables you to create and reuse patterns tailored to your organisation. It assists you in estimating how patterns can reduce costs, systematise the design process, and generate a code framework based on your patterns. The intended audience includes software designers, business analysts, project managers, programmers and developers, as well as operational managers and software division managers. The course style centres on use cases and their relationship with specific patterns. Most examples are explained using UML and simple Java examples (the language may change if the course is booked as a closed course). It guides you through the origins of patterns and demonstrates how to catalogue and describe patterns that can be reused across your organisation.

Design Thinking is a human-centred methodology for solving problems through empathy, definition, ideation, prototyping, and testing. This version of the course places a strong emphasis on the Empathise stage, focusing on connecting previously identified pain points to the real needs of internal clients, and applying dynamic, collaborative activities to transform insights into actionable outcomes.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level teams and leaders who wish to deepen their empathy skills, strengthen relationships with internal clients, and translate pain points into meaningful opportunities for improvement.

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

• Apply empathy-based techniques to uncover and validate client needs.
• Translate mapped pain points into clear, actionable needs.
• Engage in dynamic role plays and simulations to practice client-centred conversations.
• Collaboratively redefine problem statements from the client's perspective.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and guided discussions.
• Dynamic, hands-on role plays and empathy exercises.
• Group workshops for collaborative problem reframing.

Course Customisation Options

• To request a customised version tailored to a specific internal process (e.g., procurement or equipment provisioning), please contact us to arrange.

Design Thinking is a human-centred methodology for solving problems through empathising, defining, ideating, prototyping and testing. Focusing on the first two stages — Empathise and Define — helps teams better understand internal clients and define the right problems to solve.

This instructor-led, live training (online or on-site) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level teams and leaders who wish to strengthen their connection with internal clients, reduce resistance to change, and improve operational efficiency through practical, collaborative methods.

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

• Use active listening and interviewing techniques to gather meaningful insights about internal clients.
• Create empathy maps and capture user needs and pain points.
• Differentiate real root problems from perceived issues using tools like the 5 Whys and problem trees.
• Draft clear, actionable problem statements (POVs) that guide solution work.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Practical, hands-on exercises and role-plays.
• Group workshops and plenary feedback sessions.

Course Customisation Options

• To request a customised version tailored to a specific internal process (e.g., procurement or equipment provisioning), please contact us to arrange.

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 stages: empathise, define the problem, ideate, prototype, and test.

In an increasingly complex world, we encounter challenges that often demand specialised approaches. Design Thinking equips us to tackle such complex issues effectively. Mastering design thinking enhances our ability to solve intricate problems, communicate more clearly, persuade with greater efficiency, drive better business outcomes, and elevate both organisational and individual behaviour and performance.

• How DT works: learn from people and problems, identify patterns, develop a model (accounting for model drift), test the model, evaluate its effectiveness, and re-engineer as needed.
• The relationship between Design Thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
• DT methods and tools: persona, stakeholder map, customer journey map, service blueprint, and business model innovation.
• Applications of DT: cultivating a design mindset, driving disruptive innovation, adopting an iterative approach, using agile estimation techniques, applying critical thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, leadership readiness, communication skills, technological fluency, forward-thinking, intercultural and ethical competence, emotional intelligence, self-awareness, negotiation skills, and conflict resolution.

Objectives:

• To grasp the fundamentals and nuances of Design Thinking.
• To explore key concepts, factors, theories, types, and models within Design Thinking.
• To experiment with, experience, and practice Design Thinking in real-world scenarios.

Delivery:

This is a one-day (4-hour) training course consisting of:

• lectures (40% – covering theories, concepts, models, and interactive discussions),
• group exercises (30% – including group dynamics, games, group discussions, and simulated conflict resolution activities),
• individual activities (15% – involving writing, design tasks, and peer feedback),
• and other elements (15% – such as videos and reading materials).

Note: Due to the nature of this course, a minimum group size of three participants is required.

Target audience:

Technical Team Leaders, Software Developers

Learning objective:

The aim of this training is to develop the ability to design advanced development and project structures in C#.

Throughout the course, participants will become familiar with MSDN resources and tools that support the development process, such as Microsoft Visual Studio and ReSharper.

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 training is designed for JavaScript developers responsible for designing and implementing advanced web applications. The topics covered aim to introduce best practices in JavaScript programming and highlight common pitfalls. A key focus of the course is exploring object-oriented programming concepts within JavaScript syntax.