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“How do we genuinely create positive social change for future generations? The greater good starts with the local good” says Tech Cornwall, as it announces rebranding to drive this message home. “Tech Cornwall is for the thinkers, the doers and the ones who are quietly pioneering. It’s for the local…
26thJun
26/06/2024 - 26/06/2024 / 9:30 to 4:30 Location: Fibre Hub
Coming Soon June 2024 – 1 day in person Workshop Register your interest here today Course Details How we communicate information effectively is an increasingly important skill. Learn how to use Microsoft’s reporting and visualisation tool, Power BI to unleash the power of insight. Course Overview: This course is designed…
26thJun
26/06/2024 - 26/06/2024 / 2 hours to Location: Online
Coming Soon June 2024 – 2 hour online Workshop Register your interest here today Course Details Data and information isn’t just for analysts – it’s fundamental in empowering everyone to thrive in an increasingly data-centric world. As the volume of data and its use continues to surge, understanding the basics…
2ndJul
02/07/2024 - 03/07/2024 / 09:00 to 16:30 Location: Falmouth University, Penryn Campus
Join us on the 2nd & 3rd July ahead of the established Agile On The Beach conference, now in its 12th year. To delve into the world of Agile & Scrum methodology and elevate your career further. We are even giving participants a complimentary ticket to Agile on the Beach’s evening Secret…
23rdMay
23/05/2024 - 23/05/2024 / 10:30 to 12:30 Location: Online
Having awareness and the ability to identify negative patterns and behaviours is a great tool to have in your Agile toolkit. Having awareness and the ability to identify negative patterns and behaviours is a great tool to have in your Agile toolkit to help you on your journey of continuous…
7thMay
07/05/2024 - 11/06/2024 / 09:00 to 16:30 Location: Fibre Hub
This course will run on the following dates and you will be expected to attend all session to gain the qualification 7th May, 14th May, 21th May, 4th June, 11th June Prepare, plan, deliver and evaluate The Pearson BTEC Level 3 Award in Education and Training is an introductory teaching…
25thApr
25/04/2024 - 25/04/2024 / 10:30 to 12:30 Location: Online
Communicating software design and architecture is a crucial aspect of successfully working with software, however, this is a skill you don’t get taught. Learning by trial and error is not ideal, so how do you create inclusive diagrams and visuals that successfully communicate to your audience? Apply communication design patterns…
28thMar
28/03/2024 - 28/03/2024 / 10:30 to 12:30 Location: Online
Overview:This workshop is designed to introduce participants to the concept of visual thinking, a powerful skill that combines visual communication with problem-solving and idea generation. Attendees will learn why visual thinking is important in both personal and professional contexts, explore the science behind it, and engage in hands-on activities to…
12thMar
12/03/2024 - 12/03/2024 / 09:00 to 16:30 Location: Fibre Hub
Software Cornwall are delighted to be hosting this event which is fully funded through the Digital Futures Project. Why Agile? Do you find yourself stuck? Do projects take ages to get off the ground? Is it tricky to stay on top of tasks when your team is remote? If the…
22ndFeb
22/02/2024 - 22/02/2024 / 10:30 to 12:30 Location: Online
Some developers write date/time-sensitive code without worrying about it — but also without thinking about it. Some developers write date/time-sensitive code and worry about it a lot because it’s hard. In this talk Jon will provide a conceptual framework and some guidance to help you write date/time-sensitive code with a…
25thJan
25/01/2024 - 25/01/2024 / 11:00 to 13:00 Location: Online
There is no shortage of opinion when it comes to what qualifies as a ‘best practice’ and even whether the term ‘best practice’ meaningfully applies to coding. There are many guidelines and standards and collections of best practices, some of which are clearly dependent on programming language, architecture and application…
Based upon feedback from Cornwall's tech community, we're able to offer the following partially funded training courses. The course dates, price and availability will be determined based on volume of interest.
Delivered By: SmartBear
*NEW DATES UPDATED* This course is now fully booked but please click on Book Now to go on the waiting list for our next session About Behaviour-Driven Development BDD – Behaviour-Driven Development – is an approach to software development that not only focuses on fast and maintainable automated tests but…
Delivered By: Craig Buckler
Aimed at software developers who’d like to start or consider using Docker to manage projects and dependencies. -Installing Docker on Linux, Mac OS, and Windows -Best practises for using Docker on your new and existing software projects -Building and using your own images -Pushing to image repositories -Further resources –…
Delivered By: Allan Kelly
Increasingly companies are adding the *Objectives and Key Results* management system used by Intel and Google to agile teams. Even the controversial SAFe method now includes OKRs. On first inspection OKRs can look a lot like a reversal of agile: an attempt to restore command-and-control and crack the “work harder…
Delivered By: Mark Gray
The key factor in determining how successful and long lived any transformation will be is the underlying culture of the organization. This will determine how fast you will revert to old ways of working or how sticky any change will be. Transformation especially successful agile transformation is an organisation wide…
Delivered By: Brian Shoemaker & Nancy Van Schooenderwoert
For seasoned professionals in the medical product industry, the landscape has been changing – not only the regulatory side, but in the realities of newer technologies and the capabilities they place within reach for all. This one-hour course will bring you up to date on the most significant regulatory changes…
Delivered By: Craig Buckler
Aimed at a technical audience who want to find out how Docker can help software projects. -What problems does Docker solve? -How Docker works -Docker benefits -Launching containerized applications -Terminology and technology overview -Docker Compose -Further resources -Question & answer session Please note these sessions are only available to Software…
Delivered By: Kevlin Henney
In recent years, developers have moved to a more feedback-driven style of development, integrating testing into their day-to-day activities to support more agile development and more continuous delivery. The epitome of this test-early/test-often/test-automatically approach is test-driven development (TDD). Although many developers are familiar with the term, many are unfamiliar with…
Delivered By: Kevlin Henney
Software systems codify models of how a business works, how users interact and what an application does, but often the only model available to developers is the code. The code is where the system exists, but it is often not abstracted enough to allow easy reasoning about the domain, the…
Delivered By: Darren Brandwood
Experience design thinking through a fast paced, one hour, collaborative activity. Learn about how IBM scales Design Thinking for large organisations: Principles How we frame and approach every problem. The Loop – How we act to learn and effect change. The Keys – Human-centered management practices to keep teams aligned….
Delivered By: Mark Gray
Systems Thinking provides a set of tools and mental models to frame problems within the overall context of the business. This introduction session will use a series of fun and informative games/exercises to teach the core mental models needed to start to get the benefits that system thinking offers. You…
Delivered By: Lyssa-Fee Crump & Rachel Picken
This course will run over 2 mornings, a week apart from 10am – 1pm What you will learn: Wondering what Agile marketing is? Don’t worry, we’ve got you. We’ve planned a jam-packed session that will help you unleash your inner Agile marketer.It requires a change in mindset but with our…
Delivered By: Mark Gray
This course will run over 2 afternoons a week apart What you will learn Part 1: Overview of Agile and the Scrum framework. The importance of teams to Agile (4 3 2 1 model) Creating a Physiologically safe environment and the concept of servant leadership. Part 2: Where a manager…
Delivered By: Belinda Waldock
Agile project management has grown in popularity, endorsed by businesses as an approach that enables teams to develop high performing and sustainable business models and operations. Agile Project management methods are proven to help business to identify and overcome barriers to growth. At its core, agile is a methodology that…
Delivered By: Tariq Rashid
This course will run over 6 weeks for 2 hours each week. An introduction with data visualisation using Python. Python is one the top 3 most used languages in the world, and is the leading language for working with data. Although the course will provide a refresher on Python, the…
Delivered By: Tariq Rashid
This course will run over 6 weeks for 2 hours each week. Python is one the top 3 most used languages in the world, and is the leading language for data science and AI. PyTorch is one of the top 2 most popular frameworks for machine learning. Familiarity with Python…
Delivered By: Mark Gray
This course will run over 2 afternoons What you will learn Part 1: What is a Product Inception – Creating a new product 4 stances of a Product Owner Story Mapping Functional decomposition Putting Value at the heart of product Part 2: Product – Epic – Feature- Story etc.. 17…
Delivered By: Mark Gray
This course will run over 1 afternoon Funded price only available to those booking on another training session with us. What you will learn Part 1: What is a Product Inception – Creating a new product 4 stances of a Product Owner Story Mapping Functional decomposition Putting Value at the…
Delivered By: Mark Gray
This course will run over 2 afternoons What you will learn Part 1: The stances of a Scrum Master. What are the key skill areas that a Scrum Master needs? Developing the team and yourself. Assessing the maturity of the team and yourself. What we are trying to achieve with…
Delivered By: Craig Buckler
Despite the benefits, Docker is often shunned by developers. It looks complex. Terminology can be impenetrable. Tutorials never explain how to use Docker during development. It need not be this way. This course demonstrates the core concepts and explains how to integrate Docker into new or existing development projects. You…
Delivered By: Charles Weir & Facilitated by Allan Kelly
Course Content Do you have software development teams who could use support with software security and privacy? We are offering a lightweight solution at low cost, to: Give your technical leads a ‘security story’, that offers practical, marketable, security to suit the client; Support sensible business decisions around security and…
Delivered By: Jon Jagger & Kevlin Henney
First Run 16th – 19th June 2020 with Jon Jagger and Kevlin Henney Course Content Testing forms an integral part of the modern software development flow. From customer facing acceptance tests to code-focused unit tests, automated testing is part of the fabric of a modern build process and deployment pipeline….