Enterprise Architecture Training in Christchurch

This instructor-led, live training in Christchurch (available online or on-site) is designed for intermediate to advanced-level software professionals who wish to understand how to architect distributed systems that scale efficiently and handle failures gracefully.

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

• Design distributed systems that effectively manage load, latency, and failure.
• Understand key architectural patterns such as microservices, event-driven architecture, and CQRS.
• Evaluate the trade-offs between consistency, availability, and partition tolerance (CAP theorem).
• Select appropriate communication, storage, and coordination strategies.

This instructor-led, live training in Christchurch (online or on-site) is aimed at intermediate-level IT professionals and ICT service managers who wish to understand and apply ITSM fundamentals and practices based on ITIL 4.

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

• Understand the key concepts and structure of ITIL 4.
• Apply service design and architecture practices aligned with ITIL 4 principles.
• Implement effective delivery and sustainability of ICT services.
• Evaluate real-world cases and simulate ITSM practices.

This instructor-led, live training in Christchurch (online or on-site) is designed for architects and professionals working in enterprise architecture, from beginner to advanced levels, who seek a comprehensive understanding and practical skills in applying the NAF. The course covers all aspects of the framework without focusing on specific views or functions. Sparx Enterprise Architect or any other preferred tool may be used.

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

• Navigate NAF documentation efficiently.
• Use Sparx Enterprise Architect for architecture-related tasks.
• Describe and understand different types of NATO architectures.
• Generate and interpret NATO Architecture Views.
• Identify and analyse stakeholders and Communities of Interest (CoIs).
• Align stakeholders' interests with the architecture.
• Analyse and document CoI architecture interests and impacts.

This instructor-led, live training in Christchurch (online or on-site) is designed for IT professionals who wish to learn how to correctly and effectively install a structured cabling system in any building or structure.

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

• Grasp the core concepts and infrastructure components of a structured cabling system.
• Properly install and test a cabling system.
• Understand the industry standards, techniques, and equipment used in structured cabling systems.

This is a 2-day course focused on simulating SysML models.

This instructor-led, live training (onsite or remote) is designed for those who wish to use the Cameo Simulation Toolkit to effectively create and run SysML diagrams and models.

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

• Prepare and configure SysML diagrams for simulation.
• Execute Activity diagrams.
• Execute State Machine diagrams.
• Execute Parametric diagrams.
• Execute Sequence diagrams.

To attend this course, participants should meet the prerequisites and have a solid understanding of SysML diagrams.

Course Format

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

Course Customisation Options

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

This three-day training covers the principles of modelling, UML, SysML, and the use of MagicDraw or Cameo, guided by a case study that demonstrates a typical model-based systems engineering approach.

The course:

• Includes lectures and hands-on practice using MagicDraw or Cameo for systems modelling with SysML;
• Explains key SysML concepts and diagrams;
• Provides practical experience in building system model examples;
• Shows how to trace model elements across different views;
• Explains how to use MagicDraw features efficiently;
• Is built around a consistent modelling case study.

Audience:

• System architects, system engineers, software architects, and other stakeholders who will create and use models.

Methods:

• Presentations, discussions, and practical assignments based on a case study.

Course Materials:

• Slides, case study model, and descriptions of practical assignments.

Certificates:

• Each participant receives a NobleProg certificate confirming their attendance at the training.

This course builds upon your existing knowledge of UML. Throughout the training, we focus on the practical application of UML for object-oriented analysis.

This course is designed to teach the fundamentals of the Systems Modeling Language (SysML), its application via MagicDraw/Cameo software, core Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) simulation techniques, and established best practices in MBSE.

This training course will explain how to use SysML, the modelling language for systems engineering. You will discover in particular block diagrams for the structural modelling of complex systems. You will deepen your understanding of sequence diagrams, state machine diagrams, and activity diagrams for dynamic modelling. You will also learn how to use SysML-specific diagrams such as the requirements diagram and the parametric diagram, as well as the concept of allocation. We will also emphasise the need to define a modelling approach tailored to the company's context and the type of system under study. Practical application will be carried out using the NoMagic Cameo Systems Modeler (MagicDraw) modelling tool.

Audience:

Systems engineers, business analysts, and architects who need to model complex systems involving both hardware and software.

Teaching Method:

Theoretical presentation illustrated with examples
50% practical work using Cameo Systems Modeler on a case study throughout the training.

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

The Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) is an architecture framework developed for the United States Department of Defence. It provides a structured approach to addressing specific stakeholder concerns through viewpoints organised by various views.

DoDAF defines a set of views that serve as mechanisms for visualising, understanding, and comprehending the broad scope and complexities of an architecture description, using tabular, structural, behavioural, ontological, pictorial, temporal, or graphical means.

It is particularly well suited to large systems facing complex integration and interoperability challenges, and is notably distinctive in its use of operational views that detail the external customer's operating domain in which the system being developed will function.

This course is designed for anyone involved in planning, analysing, implementing, executing, maintaining, or improving Enterprise Architectures. It provides a comprehensive perspective on the tools used to describe and implement Enterprise Architecture (EA).

This Introduction to Enterprise Architect training course is designed for all individuals who wish to use Sparx Systems’ UML modelling tool, Enterprise Architect, for their modelling activities yet are unfamiliar with the features, functions and use of Enterprise Architect.

Objective

This training course is designed to help participants understand the most widely used Enterprise Architectures and the key principles to follow when constructing them, ensuring success in selecting an appropriate architectural scenario for their organisation.

By carefully selecting suitable architecture layers, components, and traceability links that extend from the business layer to the technical layer, the resulting enterprise architecture framework enables effective impact analysis in response to evolving business decisions and anticipates changes in corresponding information system components.

Through a blend of lectures, demonstrations, and interactive workshops, this course illustrates the foundational principles for developing and maintaining an Enterprise Architecture (EA) using the Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) version 1.2.

Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) is a software design approach where decoupled components communicate by producing and consuming events, enabling highly scalable, responsive, and resilient systems.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level to advanced-level Go developers who want to learn how to design, build, and deploy event-driven applications using Go and common messaging systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ, or NATS.

Through hands-on labs and real-world examples, participants will gain practical skills in building decoupled services, managing messaging infrastructure, and deploying scalable event-based systems in modern cloud-native environments.

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

• Understand key concepts and trade-offs in Event-Driven Architecture.
• Design and implement event producers and consumers in Go.
• Use messaging systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ, and NATS with Go.
• Set up and manage event infrastructure using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Apply best practices for error handling, monitoring, and deployment.

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.

Course Objectives

To provide a clear understanding of the essentials of embedded GNU/Linux, explaining how the various components fit together. You will learn what is required to build an embedded GNU/Linux system, where to source the necessary elements, and how to configure, build, and install them. The course also covers where to find support and addresses critical questions regarding software licensing. Through hands-on exercises, you will gain the practical experience needed to confidently develop your own embedded GNU/Linux systems upon successful completion of this training.

Description

This five-day training programme combines practical exercises with expert instruction to illustrate the core concepts of embedded GNU/Linux, designed to get you up to speed quickly. The philosophy, concepts, and commands essential for effective use of GNU/Linux are explained through a blend of theoretical knowledge and on-the-job training.

Instead of reinventing the wheel, learn from an experienced trainer and take away a working knowledge of GNU/Linux, along with the ability to apply it effectively in your own embedded development projects.

Who should attend?

This course is ideal for managers, project managers, software, hardware, development, and systems engineers, testers, administrators, technicians, and any other stakeholders interested in the technology who wish to understand how Embedded GNU/Linux works as quickly as possible. You should either already be using GNU/Linux or have the latitude to decide whether adopting it makes sense for your needs. Perhaps you have already attempted to use Embedded GNU/Linux but are unsure if you followed the correct approach. Alternatively, you may currently be using a different operating system and want to determine whether GNU/Linux could offer a better and/or more cost-effective solution.

Delivery Options

All training materials are provided in English, but the delivery of the content can be conducted in either English or German, according to your preference, with global availability.

• On-site – instructor-led
• Online – instructor-led
• On-site/online combination – instructor-led

This programme is tailored for professionals who already hold an ITIL® 4 Foundation certification and wish to update their expertise to align with the latest ITIL® 5 framework.
It offers a streamlined and efficient transition, focusing on the key distinctions, novel concepts, and expanded practices introduced in ITIL® 5.

This programme offers a thorough overview of ITIL® 5, the contemporary framework designed for managing digital products and services within today’s rapidly evolving landscape. It empowers participants with a robust grasp of how organisations can generate value through efficient service management and collaborative efforts.

This course is designed to impart the fundamentals of the Systems Modeling Language (SysML), its application via the MagicDraw/Cameo software suite, core Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) simulation techniques, and industry best practices. It covers essential skills for creating templates and generating reports within the MagicDraw/Cameo toolset, while also explaining how macros and scripts function inside MagicDraw and the scenarios in which they can be effectively applied.

This course is designed to introduce the fundamentals of the Systems Modeling Language (SysML), its application using MagicDraw/Cameo software, foundational Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) simulation techniques, and industry best practices in MBSE. It also equips professionals with essential background knowledge in architectural simulation, an overview of the Simulation Toolkit plugin, methods for simulating various diagram types, and strategies for linking diagram simulations to automate architectural processes.​

This course is designed to introduce the fundamentals of the Systems Modeling Language (SysML), its application via MagicDraw/Cameo software, core Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) simulation techniques, and best practices in MBSE. It covers essential concepts and features related to validation rules, validation suites, and model metrics, while also providing an introduction to developing and utilising model queries within MagicDraw/Cameo.​

This course is designed to teach the fundamentals of the Systems Modeling Language (SysML), its application through the MagicDraw/Cameo software, basic Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) simulation techniques, and best practices in MBSE. The training provides an introductory overview of the core concepts and features of CATIA No Magic’s Teamwork Cloud, as well as an introduction to the core concepts and features of Domain Specific Languages (DSL) in MagicDraw.​

In this instructor-led, live training in Christchurch, participants will learn how to evaluate various technologies and approaches for designing a services-based system architecture. The course begins with a discussion and comparison of monolithic systems and service architectures, before delving into the intricacies of microservice architecture.

Participants will have the opportunity to apply their knowledge by stepping through the creation and deployment of a set of proof-of-concept microservices built using Spring Cloud, Spring Boot, and Docker.
Finally, key infrastructure building blocks will be examined to assist participants in selecting the most appropriate tools and approaches for their organisation's specific requirements.
By the end of this training, participants will possess a solid understanding of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Microservice Architecture, along with practical experience in using Spring Cloud and related Spring technologies to rapidly develop their own cloud-scale, cloud-ready microservices.

This instructor-led, live training in Christchurch (online or on-site) is aimed at intermediate-level professionals who wish to understand and apply NAF to support enterprise architecture design and decision-making across defence-related projects.

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

• Understand the structure and purpose of the NATO Architecture Framework.
• Identify and describe various architecture views within NAF.
• Map stakeholder requirements to architectural components.
• Use tools such as Sparx Enterprise Architect to create NAF-compliant models.

Objective : This course is designed to help participants understand how to effectively apply the UAF and NAF enterprise architecture frameworks in practice.

Gaining a solid understanding of the UAF 1.1 concepts within the context of the NATO NAF v4 Architecture Framework is highly advantageous. The UAF Domain Meta-model (DMM) captures various stakeholder concerns related to a system—such as security, information, or performance metrics—through a set of predefined viewpoints. These are then mapped to the corresponding views in NAF v4.

Conversely, the Architecture Stages outlined in the NATO NAF v4 Methodology guide users on how to efficiently leverage UAF views to ensure coherence and completeness, while also enabling traceability from high-level strategic goals down to the personal and physical resources required for their implementation.

Throughout the course, the concepts and techniques presented are progressively applied by participants through an end-to-end case study and a series of practical exercises.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and group discussions.
• Abundant hands-on exercises and practical application.
• Live-lab environment for real-time implementation.

Course Customisation Options

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

The OCSMP Model Builder – Fundamental examination evaluates the knowledge and skills necessary to construct a foundational SysML model of a system. The exam encompasses model concepts and organisation, basic requirements capture and management, structure and behaviour models, parametric models, allocation relationships, and the use of stereotypes. By leveraging the knowledge and skills covered at this level, along with familiarity with a suitable SysML modelling tool, a holder of the OCSMP Model Builder – Fundamental Certification should be a productive contributor to modelling tasks performed by a Systems Engineering team employing a model-based systems engineering approach using SysML. The OCSMP Model Builder – Fundamental Certification is a prerequisite for the programme’s two higher levels, and requires the OCSMP Model User Certification as its prerequisite.

This examination (as well as the others in the OCSMP series) tests your ability to apply the knowledge and skills listed here in the context of a model of a system. As you study, go beyond each individual diagram to understand how aspects that it models can influence or affect aspects of the system represented in other diagram types.

This course combines module-based lectures, instructor demonstrations, and hands-on labs. Our trainers are all experienced practitioners who understand the balance of theory and practicality.

Take-Aways:

• Knowledge of the purpose of ontologies​
• Understanding of the benefits of knowledge graphs
• Working knowledge of Protégé and Concept Modelling

This course provides a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of the OMG Unified Architecture Framework. Rather than focusing on a specific view or function, it equips delegates with the ability to navigate the documentation independently and grasp its content with ease.

Throughout the course, delegates will engage in practical exercises, respond to questions, and participate in interactive activities.

Sparx Enterprise Architect is typically used during the sessions, though any other suitable tools may be substituted.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is designed for system administrators and infrastructure engineers who aim to design, deploy, and manage private OpenStack cloud infrastructures within enterprise environments.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to understand OpenStack architecture, deploy private cloud infrastructure, manage compute and storage resources, implement security with Keystone, and apply enterprise best practices.

Our ED-SOA training focuses on designing and analysing an architecture framework that extends the SOA reference architecture. Services are employed as event generators, signalling a problem or emerging issue, an opportunity, a threshold breach, or a deviation.

This course is designed for Postgraduate (or equivalent) level students and will combine lectures with laboratory sessions, integrating both theory and practical application.

Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:

Knowledge and Understanding

• Grasp the core principles and business advantages of systems built around service-oriented architectures.
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of the key protocols and technologies underpinning web service standards, and how these components interoperate. Your knowledge will encompass both established elements of the standard and leading-edge, emerging developments in the field.
• Gain in-depth insight into the technologies that enable systems, built using widely adopted programming languages, to both consume and provide web services.

Intellectual Skills

• Identify scenarios where a service-oriented approach, particularly web services, is most suitable for specific business needs.
• Evaluate and determine the most effective design strategies for web service solutions.
• Build the capacity to independently acquire and understand emerging developments in the rapidly evolving web service standards in the future.

Practical Skills

• Work effectively with current, platform-neutral technologies associated with web services, including XML, SOAP, and WSDL.
• Develop and expose web services using a widely used programming language, and write client code in the same language to invoke those services.

Objective:

Supporting analysts and designers in the system engineering domain to understand how to efficiently gather requirements and then proceed through embedded software design and implementation based on system specifications, using UML 2 and SysML.

This three-day training aims to assist system analysts in expressing their needs effectively and enabling designers to develop appropriate architectural designs for the system based on those needs.

The resulting system architecture provides a high level of agility to embedded system software when facing changes, as it ensures coherent traceability from business rules encapsulated in system functions and end-user usage scenarios (use cases) down to the software implementation level.

This course is offered in two variants to provide a practical understanding of how systems can be modelled using the latest version of the OMG Systems Modelling Language (SysML) specification. The notation and underlying semantics of SysML are explained in a way that enables learners to apply their knowledge to any suitable system modelling method or tool.

In this instructor-led, live training in Christchurch (online or at your premises), participants will learn how to use SysML as implemented in Enterprise Architect (EA) to carry out system requirements analysis and modelling.

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

• Understand and apply SysML to Systems Engineering projects, using a Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approach.
• Identify system requirements based on use case models.
• Design and analyse system architecture.

This hands-on training will show you how to use the SysML modelling language effectively. You will discover, in particular, how to use block diagrams for the structural modelling of complex systems. You will deepen your understanding of sequence diagrams, state diagrams and activity diagrams for dynamic modelling. You will also learn to use specific SysML diagrams, such as the requirements diagram and the parametric diagram, as well as the key concept of allocation. We will also focus on the need to define a modelling approach that is adapted to the company's context and the type of system under study. Finally, we will review the current state of the art in SysML modelling tools.

Audience:

Project managers, architects and systems engineers who need to model complex systems involving both software and hardware

Teaching Method:

• Theoretical presentation with examples
• Paper-based case study (trainer demonstration of a SysML tool)

Designed from a reviewer's perspective, this course teaches the Systems Modeling Language (SysML) and provides an introduction to the Cameo Collaborator tool.

Building complex enterprise applications is extremely challenging in an ever-evolving environment.

Changes in the integration between services or systems often trigger adjustments to the overall system design. This course explores how to design maintainable service and system architectures that are appropriately scaled and aligned with your organisation's goals, along with the practical infrastructure needed to support them.

The course addresses common challenges involved in building distributed application landscapes, ranging from integration issues and infrastructure considerations to modern approaches for managing complexity.

It outlines the advantages and disadvantages of various solutions (such as traditional SOA versus microservices architecture), discusses available tools (primarily open-source) that support development and maintenance, and more.

Course Format

The course is primarily discussion-based, with limited presentation segments.

With the emergence of highly complex distributed systems, the complexity once confined to a single system has shifted to the architecture of the entire group of systems. This course explores the relationship between Software Architecture and Technical Enterprise Architecture. These two domains are interrelated in ways that are not yet clearly articulated. For instance, breaking down a complex monolithic system into two systems that communicate via web services will trigger significant changes to both the new systems and the architecture that connects them.

This course will examine the trade-offs, commonly used patterns, and established solutions for managing complex systems and their communication, both within and across system boundaries.

This course is designed for analysts, designers, developers, testers and project managers.

The workshop covers problem analysis, system design and documentation using UML and Enterprise Architect by Sparx Systems. During the training, participants will explore advanced capabilities of the tool (such as MDA, profiles, XMI) and learn best practices that can significantly simplify and accelerate the modelling process.

As the training focuses on the Enterprise Architect tool, participants are expected to already have a working knowledge of UML modelling. For those who wish to learn UML from the ground up, we offer dedicated UML modelling training.

Training method

10% lecture, 90% workshop

One of the fastest-growing roles in the IT industry is the IT Business Analyst. Business Analysts are found in almost every organisation and are essential members of any IT team, whether in the private or public sector.

This course provides a clear, step-by-step guide on how the Business Analyst can perform their role using state-of-the-art object-oriented technology.

UPDM is an initiative by the Object Management Group (OMG) to develop a modelling standard that supports both the United States Department of Defence Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework (MODAF). This modelling standard is known as the Unified Profile for DoDAF and MODAF (UPDM).

This course is designed for business analysts, managers, team leads and process owners to equip them with the necessary competencies to create use case diagrams and use case scenarios. These serve as effective tools for eliciting, analysing, documenting and communicating functional requirements. Participants will gain hands-on experience in creating use cases using the Unified Modeling Language (UML), learning how to graphically represent interactions between use cases and actors.

This instructor-led, live training (onsite or remote) is designed for architects and technical leads working with distributed systems that handle high traffic and require exceptional scalability and reliability.

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

• Understand the key benefits, limitations, and governing principles that define the characteristics of distributed, scalable, and highly reliable systems.
• Better assess what can and cannot be achieved using such systems.
• Recognise typical architecture patterns used in distributed, scalable, and highly reliable systems.
• Grasp the capabilities and appropriate usage models of technologies that support scalability and reliability, including streaming service buses (based on Kafka), NoSQL storage solutions (based on Redis), and distributed processing frameworks.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussion.
• Examples of architecture solutions.
• Real-world examples based on Kafka and Redis implementations.

Course Customisation Options

• To request a customised training session for this course, please contact us to make arrangements.