Software Design Training in Patras

Design Thinking is a human-centric methodology for problem-solving that relies on empathy, definition, ideation, prototyping, and testing. This course variant places significant emphasis on the Empathize stage, concentrating on linking previously identified pain points to the genuine needs of internal stakeholders, while applying dynamic, collaborative activities to convert insights into actionable results.

This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) targets beginner to intermediate-level teams and leaders who wish to enhance their empathy capabilities, strengthen relationships with internal stakeholders, and translate pain points into meaningful opportunities for improvement.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Utilize empathy-based techniques to uncover and validate stakeholder needs.
• Convert mapped pain points into clear, actionable requirements.
• Participate in dynamic role plays and simulations to practice stakeholder-centered conversations.
• Collaboratively redefine problem statements from the stakeholder’s perspective.

Course Format

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

Course Customization Options

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

Design Thinking is a human-centric approach to problem-solving that relies on empathy, definition, ideation, prototyping, and testing. By focusing on the initial two phases—Empathize and Define—teams can gain a deeper understanding of their internal clients and accurately identify the core issues that need addressing.

This instructor-led live training, available either online or on-site, is designed for beginner to intermediate teams and leaders who aim to strengthen their relationships with internal clients, mitigate resistance to change, and boost operational efficiency through practical, collaborative techniques.

Upon completing this training, participants will be able to:

• Employ active listening and interviewing skills to extract valuable insights about internal clients.
• Develop empathy maps to document user needs and pain points.
• Distinguish between actual root causes and perceived issues using tools such as the 5 Whys and problem trees.
• Formulate clear, actionable problem statements (Points of View) to guide the development of solutions.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Practical, hands-on exercises and role-playing scenarios.
• Group workshops and plenary feedback sessions.

Customization Options

• To request a tailored version of this course focused on a specific internal process (such as procurement or equipment provisioning), please contact us to make arrangements.

This instructor-led, live training in Patras (online or onsite) is intended for beginner to intermediate professionals who want to understand and implement Design Thinking methodologies to foster innovation and enhance business solutions.

By the conclusion 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.
• Utilize ideation techniques and tools to foster creativity.
• Implement Design Thinking strategies to improve processes and enhance efficiency.

This live, instructor-led training in Patras (online or onsite) is designed for beginner to intermediate participants aiming to resolve everyday workplace challenges through gamification.

Upon completing this training, participants will be able to:

• Grasp the core principles of Design Thinking and apply them to problem-solving.
• Utilize gamification strategies to boost engagement and drive innovation.
• Create innovative and practical solutions for typical workplace obstacles.
• Work effectively across teams to execute problem-solving plans.
• Use iterative methods to refine solutions via feedback and testing.

Domain-Driven Design (DDD) is a software development approach that prioritizes designing systems based on the core business domain, leveraging a shared ubiquitous language along with tactical and strategic modeling techniques.

This instructor-led live training, available both online and onsite, targets senior developers seeking to implement DDD principles to construct robust, maintainable, and scalable systems.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be capable of:

• Identifying and modeling fundamental domain concepts using ubiquitous language and bounded contexts.
• Applying tactical DDD patterns, including entities, value objects, aggregates, repositories, and domain services.
• Designing context maps and establishing strategic boundaries to manage complexity across microservices and diverse teams.
• Integrating DDD practices into Agile teams and CI/CD workflows to enhance collaboration and delivery efficiency.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Extensive exercises and practical sessions.
• Hands-on implementation within a live laboratory environment.

Course Customization Options

• For customized training arrangements, please contact us directly.

This instructor-led, live training in Patras (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level developers, architects, and analysts who wish to learn and apply DDD concepts and practices to their software projects.

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

• Grasp core DDD concepts (bounded contexts, entities, etc.) and their application in software projects.
• Apply strategic DDD to define and design the domain model, identify subdomains, and establish boundaries.
• Implement tactical DDD using patterns such as CQRS, factories, and event sourcing.
• Refactor and modernize legacy systems effectively with DDD techniques.
• Design and implement product, domain, and team-oriented architectures.
• Utilize data mesh to create a domain-oriented data platform supporting data discovery and governance.

This instructor-led, live training in Patras (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level 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:

• Equip participants with tools and methodologies to foster innovation and team engagement.
• Develop skills in empathy mapping, ideation, and prototyping for solving complex challenges.
• Apply Design Thinking principles to leadership and HR scenarios.
• Promote a culture of innovation within tech teams.

This instructor-led, live training in Patras (online or onsite) targets intermediate Java developers who wish to apply design patterns to enhance software structure, maintainability, and scalability.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Comprehend the purpose and advantages of design patterns.
• Effectively implement Creational, Structural, and Behavioral patterns within Java.
• Enhance code reusability, scalability, and maintainability.
• Refactor existing codebases by applying design patterns.

This instructor-led live training in Patras (available online or onsite) is designed for beginner to intermediate software and systems designers who wish to achieve a structured and comprehensive understanding of Sparx Enterprise Architect.

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

• Navigate and effectively use Sparx Enterprise Architect, understanding its interface and tools.
• Model various business structures including organization charts, processes, and systems using different diagrams.
• Implement change tracking, version control, and team collaboration strategies within Sparx EA.
• Utilize advanced Sparx EA features like modeling with stereotypes, customization, and task automation.

The rapid advancement of microservices and container technologies in recent years has fundamentally transformed software design, development, deployment, and operation. Contemporary applications demand optimization for scalability, elasticity, resilience, and adaptability. Responding to these evolving requirements, modern architectures necessitate a distinct set of patterns and best practices. This training explores strategies to identify, comprehend, and adapt to these new demands.

Target Audience
This course is designed for professionals who possess a foundational understanding of container technology and Kubernetes concepts but may lack practical, real-world experience. Drawing on use cases and lessons learned from actual projects, the training aims to inspire participants to build and manage superior cloud-native applications.

• Developers
• Operations Staff
• DevOps Engineers
• QA Engineers
• IT Project Managers

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussions
• Numerous exercises and practical sessions
• Hands-on implementation within a live-lab environment

Course Customization Options

• For requests for customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

During this instructor-led live training, participants will explore foundational and advanced concepts in software architecture and design through a series of hands-on live-lab exercises and discussions.

Target Audience

• Software professionals
• Software designers
• Developers

Course Format

• A blend of lectures, discussions, exercises, and extensive practical application

Note

• To request customized training for this course, please contact us to make arrangements.

The core purpose of these training sessions and workshops is to equip participants with the knowledge, tools, and techniques necessary to enhance the effectiveness of activities focused on identifying business value. This process is driven by the client's specific needs and aims to foster consensus among functions, technology, and quality teams during the requirements creation phase, utilizing brainstorming techniques.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Extensive exercises and practical application.
• Hands-on implementation within a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To arrange customized training for this course, please contact us.

Domain-Driven Design (DDD) represents a robust software development methodology centered on modeling intricate business behaviors by synchronizing technical execution with fundamental business principles. This course delves into how DDD empowers teams to handle complexity and mitigate risks via strategic and tactical patterns. Attendees will acquire the skills to establish a "Ubiquitous Language," delineate explicit boundaries through Bounded Contexts, and utilize essential design elements such as Entities, Value Objects, and Aggregates. The primary objective is to architect flexible, maintainable software systems that stay aligned with the dynamic business domain.

A vast array of proven and reliable patterns are readily accessible to all. Often, the process simply involves adapting the terminology and applying these patterns to specific technologies. This approach can save hundreds of hours that would otherwise be dedicated to design and testing efforts. Training Objectives This course has two primary aims: first, it enables you to leverage widely recognized patterns; second, it empowers you to create and reuse patterns tailored to your organization. It assists you in estimating how patterns can reduce costs, systematize the design process, and generate a code framework based on your patterns. Target Audience Software designers, business analysts, project managers, programmers and developers as well as operational managers and software division managers. Course Style The course focuses on use cases and their relationship with a specific pattern. Most of the examples are explained in UML and in simple Java examples (the language can change if the course is booked as a closed course). It guides you through the sources of the patterns as well as showing you how to catalogue and describe patterns which can be reused across your organization.

In this instructor-led, live workshop training in Greece (online or onsite), 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, then develop the best approach for resolving them.

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

• Use creative strategies to match customers' needs with technologically feasible solutions.
• Formulate a strategy to increase customer value and enhance product and service offerings.

Overview:

The Design Thinking (DT) methodology consists of five distinct stages: empathize, define the problem, ideate, prototype, and test.

In today's increasingly complex landscape, we encounter challenges that demand specialized strategies. Design Thinking offers a robust framework for navigating these complexities. By mastering this approach, individuals can tackle difficult problems more effectively, enhance communication, improve persuasion, boost business outcomes, and elevate both organizational and personal performance.

• Core Mechanics of DT: Learning from users and the problem context, identifying patterns, designing a model (accommodating model drift), testing the model, evaluating results, and re-engineering as necessary.
• The intersection of DT, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
• DT methodologies and tools: personas, stakeholder mapping, customer journey maps, service blueprints, and business model innovation.
• Practical applications of DT: cultivating a design mindset, driving disruptive innovation, adopting an iterative approach, utilizing agile estimation techniques, and fostering critical thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, leadership readiness, and communication skills. Additionally, it enhances technological fluency, forward-thinking capabilities, intercultural and ethical competence, emotional intelligence, self-awareness, negotiation abilities, and conflict resolution skills.

Objectives:

• To gain a deep understanding of the fundamentals and subtleties of Design Thinking.
• To explore key concepts, factors, theories, types, and models within the DT framework.
• To experiment with, experience, and practice Design Thinking techniques.

Delivery:

This training course spans one day (4 hours) and comprises:

• Lectures (40% - presenting theories, concepts, models, and facilitating interactions),
• Group exercises (30% - focusing on group dynamics, games, discussions, and mock conflict resolution scenarios),
• Individual activities (15% - writing, designing, and peer discussions)
• And supplementary materials (15% - videos and readings).

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

This instructor-led live training in Patras (online or onsite) is designed for intermediate-level PHP developers who want to effectively apply design patterns 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-recognized best practices.
• Integrate patterns into modern frameworks such as Symfony or Zend.

This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) is designed for C developers who wish to master the principles of embedded C design.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be capable of:

• Comprehending the design considerations that ensure reliability in embedded C programs
• Specifying the functionality of an embedded system
• Establishing the program logic and structure to achieve desired outcomes
• Creating a reliable and error-free embedded application
• Extracting optimal performance from the target hardware

Course Format:

• Interactive lectures and discussions
• Practical exercises
• Hands-on implementation within a live-lab environment

Customization Options:

• To request tailored training for this course, please contact us to arrange your schedule.

This training is tailored for JavaScript developers who design and implement sophisticated web applications. The curriculum focuses on establishing best practices in JavaScript programming and identifying frequent pitfalls. A key objective is to explore the capabilities of object-oriented programming within the JavaScript syntax.

Kubernetes serves as an open-source platform designed to automate every stage of the development lifecycle for containerized applications. Design patterns provide proven, repeatable solutions to common problems in software design, while Kubernetes extensions facilitate the configuration and support of Kubernetes clusters. By leveraging these design patterns and extensions, platform users can implement CI/CD methodologies while preserving the scalability and flexibility of their software applications.

This instructor-led live training, available either online or on-site, is tailored for developers and DevOps engineers aiming to utilize Kubernetes design patterns and extensions to build enterprise-grade applications on Kubernetes clusters.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be capable of:

• Establishing a Kubernetes cluster and configuring essential DevOps tools.
• Gaining a solid understanding of software design pattern fundamentals and Kubernetes extensions.
• Applying Kubernetes extensions and design patterns when engaging with the Kubernetes API.
• Creating custom Kubernetes resources and deploying dynamic controllers within a cluster.
• Managing and securing Kubernetes environments using Kubernetes plugins.
• Integrating DevOps networking models into current and future Kubernetes projects.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and group discussions.
• Extensive exercises and practical applications.
• Hands-on implementation within a live laboratory environment.

Customization Options

• For customized training requests, please contact us to make arrangements.

Model-Based Development (MBD) is a software development methodology that facilitates the faster, more cost-effective creation of dynamic systems, including control systems, signal processing, and communication systems. It emphasizes graphical modeling over traditional text-based programming.

In this instructor-led live training, participants will learn how to apply MBD methodologies to reduce development costs and accelerate the time to market for their embedded software products.

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

• Select and utilize the appropriate tools for implementing MBD.
• Leverage MBD to facilitate rapid development during the early stages of embedded software projects.
• Shorten the time required to release embedded software to the market.

Format of the course

• A blend of lectures, discussions, exercises, and extensive hands-on practice

This course is tailored for experienced programmers aiming to delve into the intricacies of design patterns and refactoring. Participants will gain a solid understanding of pattern properties and practical application examples, empowering them to write efficient and correct application code.

As distributed systems become increasingly intricate, the challenge shifts from the complexity of individual systems to the architectural complexity of the ecosystem as a whole. This course explores the dynamic relationship between Software Architecture and Technical Enterprise Architecture, two disciplines that are deeply interconnected yet often insufficiently described. For instance, decomposing a monolithic application into two separate systems communicating via web services necessitates significant adjustments to both the new components and the architecture facilitating their interaction.

Participants will examine the trade-offs involved, alongside prevalent patterns and solutions for managing complex systems and their internal and external communications.

Audience:

Developers, programmers, business analysts, project managers, software architects, testers, people responsible for documentation or anyone involved in the software development process.

Objectives:

Prepares you to work with a broad range of UML elements
Teaches you how to create complex UML models
Prepares you to become a qualified senior member of a UML Development Team.