List of Courses

Content

Duration

1. Business Engineering Concept

This training course introduces Business Engineering that integrates the disciplines of Architecture, Project Management and Human Engineering.  The principles, goals, benefits, risks, approach, implications and deliverables of Business Engineering are covered. It delves into key concepts such as an Object Orientated Approach and Systems Approach, along with profiling the essential roles and skills of project stakeholders.

1 Day

1.1 Business Engineering Implementation

This training course covers four key areas:

·First, it focuses on understanding and assessing the current business, including defining it, evaluating its evolutionary stage, and analysing industry growth rates and organizational factors.

· Next, it teaches how to set the strategic intent and measure business performance by generating and interpreting strategic information and assessing external and internal factors.

· The third area is masterminding the ideal business, emphasizing effectiveness and efficiency, resource gaps, integrating with the target environment, and creating an internal architecture.

· Lastly, the course covers assessing the gaps, planning for implementing the ideal business, managing resourcing and the implication of change, and measuring results to ensure sustained improvements.

4 Days

1.1.1 Business Engineering Workshop

Exposure to Business Engineering Case Studies that could be customer / project specific or generic referenced material. For realising change the goals, recipes and techniques are covered to resolve business problems or capitalise on business opportunities.

5 Days

1.1.2 Enterprise Architecture

Unlock the power of Business, Process, Data, Application and Technology / Infrastructure architecture with our comprehensive Enterprise Architecture (EA) training course. Architecture is about Knowledge Representation, Researching, Masterminding, Assessing, Controlling, Governance and Support.  Designed for professionals seeking to align business objectives with solutions, this course covers DISCON Specialists' foundational EA framework, recipes and techniques. Context is given to Enterprise, Domain and Solution architectures. Participants will gain hands-on experience in creating and managing enterprise architectures that drive efficiency, agility, and innovation within their organizations. Whether you're new to EA or looking to refine your skills, this course provides practical insights and strategies to bridge the gap between business and technology, ensuring sustainable growth and competitive advantage.

5 Days

Data Analysis and Design

This course will teach attendees DISCON’s data (and information) methods and techniques, from conceptual business modelling to physical database designs. Participants will learn both theory and practical application, enabling immediate use in their work. The course focuses on the importance of data for decision-making and equips attendees with skills to identify, gather, and analyse data for various goals such as standardising and governing business semantics, designing a database, evaluating data storage and usage in application packages, integrating data between systems or impact on business processes, warehousing and reporting on data or governing data usage and ensuring compliance.

5 Days

The course objective is to enable the attendee to facilitate the gathering of pertinent data, information or knowledge across a wide spectrum of domains, sources and stakeholder types. Mechanisms are taught which enable attendees to solicit the required information effectively and efficiently through means such as facilitation sessions, questionnaires and online sources.

4 Days

Process Modelling

This training course explains how processes integrate seven other facets as one integrated definition:

1. Impact of Strategy and Governance

2. Functions, Processes and Activities (automated or non-automated)

3. Data (and Information)

4. Organisation Structures and Responsibilities

5. Locations (Schemas, Units and References)

6. Time (Schemas, Units and References)

7. Objects (Packaging of Capabilities)

The course covers complete process modelling from business requirements to reverse engineering implemented solutions, with detailed theory and practical case studies.

5 Days

Data Modelling

Data is one of eight essential dimensions in any system. This course focuses on data while illustrating its integration with other dimensions. It spans Business and Application architectural levels, covering the entire data modeling process from logical business semantics to physical data models. Techniques are taught through theory and practical case studies

5 Days

Modelling Techniques Workshop

The Modelling Techniques Workshop offers an intensive, hands-on learning experience designed for professionals seeking to enhance their analytical skills using a Model Driven Approach. This course delves into the type of advanced modelling methods and tools. Participants will engage in practical exercises to apply these techniques to real-world scenarios, enabling them to make informed, data-driven decisions. With expert guidance and interactive sessions, this workshop is ideal for those aiming to advance their proficiency in modelling and analytics.

4 Days

Business and Process Performance Management

This course aims to provide attendees with a comprehensive understanding of Business and Process Performance Management. It will offer a solid framework for aligning performance with business strategy, covering areas such as measuring current performance, enhancing capability, identifying and prioritizing gaps, ensuring strategic project delivery, assessing workforce contributions, defining measurement criteria, and understanding roles, responsibilities, and expected efforts. Participants will also learn about the impact of these practices on achieving strategic goals.

2 Days

Benchmarking

The objective of this course is to give the attendee a good understanding of the approach and benefits for benchmarking. The course material provides a reusable framework for benchmarking a given system, subject area, function or project against similar components in the market and industry.

This course equips the attendee with the correct understanding of the relative context of Benchmarking within Business Engineering. The subject area of Benchmarking should be reviewed in conjunction with the other defined areas of Business Engineering such as Business Engineering Implementation, Project Management and Human Engineering.

1 Day

Human Engineering

This course aims to clarify change management on people and offer a comprehensive understanding of Human Engineering. It provides attendees with a solid framework for planning and executing Human Engineering projects. Key areas covered include assessing organizational needs for change, aligning change strategies with business objectives, and implementing the seven pillars of Human Engineering: Communication, Leadership Development, Training and Development, Stakeholder Interventions, Practice Development, Process Consultation, and Team Development. Additionally, the course addresses how to align the workforce with the change vision, identifies key participants and their roles, and explores the effort and impacts of Human Engineering.

4 Days

Business Programme and Project Management

The course aims to provide attendees with a comprehensive understanding of Programme and Project Management, covering concepts such as scoping, stakeholder assessment, resourcing (people, data, tools, finance, etc.), planning, organising, directing and controlling. It will offer a framework to prepare for project management by addressing the impact of architecture, defining roles and responsibilities, and estimating required efforts. Attendees will learn to extrapolate project plans from business architectures, define change initiatives to align resources with future scenarios, integrate Business Priorities into Architectural Priorities, drive programmes with real business benefits, align projects with business strategies, tailor project Life Cycles, and control these Life Cycles effectively.

5 Days

Object Orientated System Analysis and Design

The course positions Object Orientation in terms of Business Engineering and what it means in business terms. The emphasis is on Business Engineering with an Object Oriented framework where business objects can be designed in such a way that one object could be plugged out and replaced with another without having a major effect on the surrounding business operation. Mechanisms are taught which enable attendees to identify required business objects and thereafter to derive technology objects for development or purchase.

4 Days

Package Evaluation Selection and Implementation

The course is scoped to present Package Evaluation and Selection Recipes which create the ability to convert Business Specifications into Package Evaluation Criteria. The processes of Package Evaluation and Package Selection are detailed to reveal the pitfalls and to provide guidelines for the successful implementation of the cycle.

The objective is to contextually position Package Evaluation and Selection within the discipline of Business Engineering. The aim is to equip the attendee with a complete methodology with which to conduct the complete Package Evaluation and Selection process. 

3 Days

2 Method Engineering

Our Method Engineering Training Course equips professionals with the skills to mastermind a method to systematically realise specific goals for disciplines such as Architecture, Project Management and Human Engineering. A method consists of components such as a Principles, Goals, Frameworks, Meta Models, Recipes and Enabling Software Features. Ideal for consultants and managers seeking to drive excellence and strategic advantage in their organisations.

2 Days

2.1 Meta Modelling

The course covers a range of topics that equip students with both the theoretical foundations and practical skills necessary to understand and create meta models. The course include:

·       Introduction to Meta-Modelling

o Definition and purpose of meta-modelling

o   The importance and applications of meta-models in various domains such as business process re-engineering, software engineering, data science, data integration and management and more

·       Foundational Concepts

o   Basic meta modelling concepts: classes / entities, associations / dependencies, attributes / properties, domain values and instances

o   Differences between models and meta-models

o   Layers of abstraction in meta modelling

o   Abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance

·       Meta Model

o   Introduction to the Conceptual, Logical and Physical Meta Model

o   Practical training with meta modelling using software (MetaBuilder)

·       Case Studies

o   Case studies showcasing real-world applications of meta modelling for different goals

o   Detailed walkthroughs of how meta-models are used in software development, enterprise architecture, and other fields.

5 Days  

2.2 Architecture Tool and Repository ( Server and Client Training )

The course covers the practical use and management of the DISCON Project Environment Tool Sets and the resultant Repositories. The objective of this course is to give the attendees a good understanding of the scope and content of DISCON Specialists Tools and Repository Systems, which will greatly enhance the attendees' ability to implement a Project and Programme Management Environment. The course will also provide the attendees with a good framework upon which to record the progress and results of business engineering projects.

2 Days

3 Core Consulting Skills

During the course, the delegates are taught basic skills that are required to be effective and efficient as an individual for providing advisory and consulting services to an organisation unit (internally or externally). Technical competencies alone cannot ensure a successful change in an organisation.

This approach ensures a holistically skilled individual who will be able to make a meaningful contribution to change in organisations. 

1 Day