Software Design Training in Leon

This live, instructor-led training in Leon (online or in-person) is designed for beginner to intermediate-level professionals who want to understand and apply Design Thinking methodologies to drive innovation and improve business solutions.

Upon completing this training, participants will be capable of:

• Grasping the fundamental principles of Design Thinking and its impact on innovation.
• Applying the five stages of Design Thinking to tackle problems.
• Employing ideation techniques and tools to stimulate creativity.
• Executing Design Thinking strategies to optimize processes and boost efficiency.

This instructor-led, live training in Leon (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level participants who wish to solve everyday workplace challenges through gamification techniques.

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

• Understand the principles of Design Thinking and its 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, available both online and onsite, targets 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:

• Understand fundamental DDD concepts, such as bounded contexts and entities, and apply them effectively in software projects.
• Apply strategic DDD techniques to define and design domain models, identify subdomains, and establish clear boundaries.
• Implement tactical DDD patterns, including CQRS, factories, and event sourcing.
• Refactor and modernize legacy systems efficiently using DDD techniques.
• Design and implement architectures that are oriented toward products, domains, and teams.
• Leverage Data Mesh to build domain-oriented data platforms that support data discovery and governance.

This instructor-led, live training in Leon (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 Leon (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level Java developers who wish to apply design patterns to improve software structure, maintainability, and scalability.

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

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

This instructor-led, live training in Leon (online or onsite) is designed for beginner to intermediate-level software and systems designers seeking a structured and comprehensive grasp of Sparx Enterprise Architect.

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

• Navigate and efficiently utilize Sparx Enterprise Architect, gaining familiarity with its interface and tools.
• Model various business structures, such as organization charts, processes, and systems, using different diagrams.
• Implement change tracking, version control, and team collaboration strategies within Sparx EA.
• Leverage advanced Sparx EA features, including modeling with stereotypes, customization, and task automation.

In this instructor-led, live workshop training in Leon (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) process comprises five distinct stages: empathizing, defining the problem, ideating, prototyping, and testing.

In today’s increasingly complex landscape, we encounter challenges that demand specialized approaches. Design Thinking offers a robust framework for navigating these complexities. By mastering Design Thinking, professionals can effectively tackle intricate problems, improve communication, persuade more efficiently, enhance business outcomes, and elevate both organizational dynamics and individual performance.

• Understanding DT: Learning from users and the problem at hand, identifying patterns, developing models (including model drift), testing these models, evaluating outcomes, and re-engineering solutions.
• Connecting DT with innovation and entrepreneurship.
• DT methodologies and tools: personas, stakeholder maps, customer journey maps, service blueprints, and business model innovation.
• Practical applications of DT: fostering a design mindset, driving disruptive innovation, utilizing iterative approaches and agile estimation techniques, sharpening critical thinking and problem-solving skills, enhancing teamwork, building leadership readiness, refining communication abilities, cultivating technological fluency, promoting forward-thinking, developing intercultural and ethical competencies, boosting emotional intelligence and self-awareness, mastering negotiation skills, and resolving conflicts.

Objectives:

• To grasp the fundamental principles and subtleties of DT.
• To explore core concepts, influencing factors, theories, types, and models within DT.
• To engage in experimentation, hands-on experience, and practical application of DT.

Delivery Format:

This is a 1-day (4-hour) training course structured as follows:

• Lectures (40%): Presentation of theories, concepts, models, and interactive discussions.
• Group exercises (30%): Activities focusing on group dynamics, games, group discussions, and simulated conflict resolution.
• Individual activities (15%): Tasks involving writing, designing, and peer feedback.
• Additional resources (15%): Videos and reading materials.

Note: Due to the interactive nature of this course, a minimum group size of 3 participants is required.

This instructor-led live training in Leon (online or onsite) targets intermediate-level PHP developers who wish to effectively apply design patterns in their projects.

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

• Grasp the purpose and advantages of using design patterns.
• Identify and implement suitable design patterns for various common scenarios.
• Organize PHP applications according to industry-recognized best practices.
• Integrate patterns into modern frameworks like Symfony or Zend.

This instructor-led live training, offered online or onsite, targets beginner to intermediate PCB designers and electronics engineers who wish to build a complete and controlled PCB design workflow using Altium Designer.

Participants will work on a single cohesive project, advancing from project setup and component libraries through schematic capture, PCB layout, and verification to manufacturing outputs and controlled production release.

Upon completion 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.