78 Perspective courses in Belfast

This one-day programme explores the role of intellectual property (IP) in relation to innovation and creativity. It examines the different forms as well as the key processes, together with some of the oddities and idiosyncrasies of the legal regime that protects IP. It delves into the various IP models you should be aware of as well as key IP facts and figures and current IP trends across the global economy. This session is designed to give you a deeper understanding of: * The main forms of intellectual property * The importance of IP - both to your organisation and to the wider economy * The key processes in the creation, commercial exploitation, and legal protection of IP * The different models for the use of IP * Some more advanced concepts for reviewing, valuing and managing IP 1 MAIN FORMS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP) * Patents * Trademarks * Copyright * Design * Trade secrets 2 GLOBAL IP BUSINESS CONTEXT * Global IP facts and figures * Figures for key jurisdictions * Analysis of a company using IP data * IP trends * Overview of the key entities in the IP sector 3 KEY IP PROCESSES * IP creation * IP portfolio management * IP enforcement * IP exploitation * IP risk management 4 IP MODELS * IP models explained * IP licensing * IP litigation 5 IP CONCEPTS * The IP maturity ladder * Relative IP value and risk * Axis of control 6 IP AS AN ASSET CLASS * Costs * Valuation * Financial perspective

OVERVIEW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contract Management Principles and Practices provide an overview of all phases of contracting, from requirements development to closeout, and discuss how incentives can be used to improve contract results. Explore these vital issues from the manager's perspective, highlighting key roles and responsibilities to give participants greater influence over how work is performed. Finally, discover specific actions that can be taken to help ensure that contractors or subcontractors perform as required under the contract. This course guide you through all the principles and practices of contract management and preparation. 

SNMP TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION A hands-on generic look at the technical operation of SNMP. The course starts with an overview of all the components, which make up SNMP. Hands on starts early with configuration of a managed network. The major versions of SNMP are then put into perspective followed by a look at the SNMP protocol. MIBs are then studied both from the perspective of reading MIBs and writing MIBs. The course finishes with a look at the security implications of SNMP. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Describe the SNMP architecture. * Analyse SNMP packets. * Recognise the MIB structure. * Describe the SMI. * Recognise the strengths and weaknesses of SNMPv2 and SNMPv3. SNMP TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Network administrators. Network operators. Programmers writing MIBs and agents. * Prerequisites: TCP/IP Foundation for engineers Hands on experience of an SNMP management station would also be beneficial. * Duration 3 days SNMP TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Network management What is network management? Benefits, issues. * What is SNMP? SNMP architecture, SNMP MIBs, SMI, the SNMP protocol, polling security, alternatives to SNMP: CMIP, web based management. * Configuring SNMP Auto discovery for management stations, NMS configuration, agent configuration, traps. Hands on Configuring agents and an NMS. * SNMP background SNMP history, RFCs, standards, SNMP protocol versions, SNMPv1, SNMPv2, SNMPv3, SNMP SMI versions, which version should you use? Futures. * SNMPv1 packets SNMP in the 7 layer model, port numbers, general packet format, BER, GET, GET-NEXT, tables, SET, TRAP, bandwidth issues, in band versus out of band management. Hands on Analysing SNMPv1 packets. * SNMPv2 packets SNMPv2 improvements, error handling, GETBULK, v2traps, INFORM. Hands on Analysing SNMPv2 packets. * SNMPv3 packets SNMPv3 packet format, use of SNMPv2 messages, REPORT PDU. * MIB structure The internet MIB branch, standard mib-2, extra parts of mib-2, private enterprise MIBs, loading extra MIBs. Hands on MIB browsing. * mib-2 The mib-2 groups, system group, interfaces group, IP group, ICMP group, TCP group, UDP group, transmission group, SNMP group, RMON. Hands on mib-2 browsing in detail. * SMI The MIB layout, obtaining a private enterprise number, MIB definitions, IMPORT, Module identity, Textual conventions, object definitions, notifications, compliance statements, object groups, base SMI data types, application data types, scalars, instances, tables, table definition, writing agents, SMIng. * SNMP security Community strings, SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c security practices, SNMPv3 security, SNMPv3 architecture, SNMP applications, the SNMP engine, the EngineID, security fields in SNMPv3 packets, USM, authentication, encryption, timeliness, VBAC, SNMPv3 configuration.

OVERVIEW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This course will provide you with the skills and knowledge required by Non-Accounts Managers to understand Finance and Accounting processes they face in their daily work schedule. The main objective of this course is to highlight accounting, understand the framework of accounting, and stages of accounts and also to elaborate rules and principles of accounting. With a lot of Case studies and open discussions with live examples, participants will gain detailed knowledge to understand their company from a financial perspective and also to help manage financial matters. At the end of the course, you will learn how to apply financial techniques, understand financial reports and annual reports, the relationship between accounting and finance thereby gaining knowledge of the use of debits and credits and last but not least to identify limitations of financial statements.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At the end of this training course, participants will: * Be able to Record Transactions in the Accounting System * Understand the Format and Contents of Financial Statements * Use Accounting Information to Interpret and Evaluate a Business * Make Efficient and Profitable Decisions, based on Cost Information * Apply Budgetary Control Techniques to ensure that Targets are Achieved

Unconscious bias from a fresh new perspective for anyone who interacts with, or makes decisions about, people; whether you work with customers, supervise staff or work in collaboration, this session will enhance your insight and interactions.

DEVOPS DEMYSTIFIED TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is an introduction to DevOps. The course emphasizes communication, collaboration , integration, and automation to improve the workflow between developers and IT operations professionals. Improved workflows lead to more opportunities to design software and services in a more agile fashion. This course is a basis for discovering the most important DevOps concepts and to understand the principles and methods behind this. The course will leave you with the inspiration to be the advocate of change. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Explain DevOps principles. * Describe the relationship between Agile , Lean and IT Service Management ( ITSM). * Describe methods for automation and technology factors. * Describe considerations when changing. * Describe challenges, risks and critical success factors. DEVOPS DEMYSTIFIEDS TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Non-technical staff involved with DevOps. * Prerequisites: None. * Duration 1 day DEVOPS DEMYSTIFIED TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Why DevOps? From a business perspective From an IT perspective Stereotypes of Dev and Ops: perception and reality * What is DevOps? Introduction DevOps Goals DevOps Added value of DevOps Proven Results DevOps for businesses DevOps principles (The Three Ways) * DevOps and other frameworks DevOps and Agile DevOps and Lean DevOps and IT Service Management * DevOps culture Characteristics of a DevOps culture Organizational Considerations DevOps DevOps stakeholders DevOps roles DevOps teams DevOps organizational structures * DevOps methods Continuous Integration Continuous delivery Continuous deployment Value stream mapping Kanban Theory of Constraints Improvement Kata Deming's quality circle ITSM processes DevOps and Automation * Methods for DevOps automation Longevity and tools categories DevOps applications Transitioning to a DevOps culture * Implementation Challenges, risks and critical success factors Measuring DevOps successes

OVERVIEW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this competitive era no matter how much hard work and solid efforts are contributed still, too many projects end up creating unneeded and unsellable products. There is a significant risk that the outcome of the project may not be relevant to the client/user requirements or become outdated when needs change. Here is where Design Thinking and Agile Management play their role. The combination of Agile and Design Thinking should be used in order to achieve impactful outcomes. Agile and design thinking together works well and gives an effective approach to product development, one that results in efficient resolutions to significant problems. In this course, you'll learn how to define and determine what's important to a user primary in the process, to frontload value, by directing your team on testable narratives about the user and generating an effectively shared perspective. For more dates and Venue, Please email sales@gbacorporate.co.uk

WAN TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION A hands on Introduction to Wide Area Networks for engineers. This course covers all current major WAN technologies from a perspective of design, evaluating technologies available as well as hands on to consolidate the theory WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Describe the seven-layer model and realise how it applies to the real world. * Evaluate and describe WAN technologies. * Describe the architecture of WANs in the core. * Use WANS to interconnect LANS. WAN TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Technical staff wishing to find out more about how their WAN works. * Prerequisites: Intro to data communications & networking * Duration 5 days WAN TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Introduction LANs, MANS and WANS, protocols, the OSI seven layer model, ITU-T, ETSI, DTE, DCE, and the overall picture. * WAN architectures Service providers, core, access, DTE, DCE, CPE, dialup, circuit switched, packet switched, how to choose a WAN, common bandwidths, site to site, remote access. Topologies: Star, Full mesh, partial mesh. * History of WANs Before IP was ubiquitous, The PSTN, Dial up networks, modems, ISDN, Stat mux, TDM, 64k, N*64, E1, X25, Frame Relay * The role of IP and routers The growth of IP, the role of routers, routing tables, routing protocols. Hands on: IP and routing. * Layer 1 Physical Copper, Fibre, Wireless, Microwave, Phone lines, FTTC, FTTH, mobile networks. * Service provider technologies The transport plane, SDH, SONET, DWDM. * WAN access Phone lines, leased lines, xDSL, WiMax, satellite, the role of PPP. * Broadband adband xDSL, ADSL, SDSL, local loops, DSLAM, DSL architecture. * ATM Cell switching principles, ATM switching, Virtual paths, QOS, CBR, VBR, ABR, UBR, AAL1 to AAL5, MPOA, LANE, Voice over ATM. * The Internet VPNs, IPSEC, QOS. * What is MPLS? Core MPLS, MPLS and the 7 layer model, MPLS protocol, MPLS standard, MPLS runs on routers, MPLS history, Why MPLS? * MPLS architecture LSRs, PE and P router roles, FEC, swapping labels, MPLS packet format, Loops, TTL control. * Ethernet What is Ethernet? LANs, MANs, WANs, Ethernet and switches in the LAN. Traditional LAN/WAN integration, routers. The Ethernet interface for the WAN. Standards: Transporting carrier Ethernet.

ADVANCED C++ TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION The course will give a broad overview of the C++ Programming language, focusing on modern C++, up to C++17. This course will cover the use of the Standard Library, including containers, iterator, function objects and algorithms. From the perspective of application development, a number of design patterns will be considered. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Write C++ programs using the more esoteric language features. * Utilise OO techniques to design C++ programs. * Use the standard C++ library. * Exploit advanced C++ techniques ADVANCED C++ TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Programmers needing to write C++ code. Programmers needing to maintain C++ code. * Prerequisites: C++ programming foundation. * Duration 5 days ADVANCED C++ TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Study of a string class Create a string class as a means to investigate many issues, involving the use of operator overloading and including overloading new and delete. Creation of the class will also require consideration of 'const correctness'. * Exception handling Consider the issues involved in exception handling including the concept of exception safety. * Templates Review definition of template functions, including template parameter type deduction. Introduction to template metaprogramming. Newer features including template template parameters and variadic templates. Creation of template classes. * Design patterns Introduction to Design Patterns and consideration of a number of patterns, such as, factory method, builder, singleton and adapter. * The standard C++ library (STL) Standard Library features, such as, Containers, Iterator, Function Objects and Algorithms. Introduction to Lambda expressions. * C++ and performance The writing of code throughout the course will be oriented towards performant code, including use of R Value references and 'move' semantics. * Pointers The use of pointers will be considered throughout the course. Smart pointers will be considered to improve program safety and help avoid the use of 'raw' pointers. * Threading This section will consider the creation of threads and synchronisation issues. A number of synchronisation primitives will be considered. Async and the use of Atomic will also be considered. * New ANSI C++ features Summarising some of the newer features to be considered are: Auto, Lambdas expression, smart pointers, variadic templates and folds, R Value references and tuple together with structured binding.

ABOUT THIS TRAINING COURSE This intensive 5 full-day has been designed as a separately bookable course comprising 3 days of Well Integrity (Basic) and 2 days of Advanced Well Integrity. The intensive 3 full-day course will equip the participants with a thorough knowledge of well integrity management and risk assessment in producing assets. Based on the regulatory requirements and using real examples and exercises from around the world, this represents best practice integrity management within the oil and gas industry. When to take action with a well is a critical decision, both from a safety and economic perspective. A consistent approach to decision-making provides certainty within the organisation, focusing effort, and spending wisely. The decision-making steps will be set out to ensure all critical aspects are captured consistently. Risk analysis approaches used by different organisations and examples of risk management and risk-ranking methods will be discussed. The 2 full-day course will deepen the participants' knowledge of well integrity management, and skills for designing, operating, and maintaining well equipment. The ultimate goal is to optimise productivity at the lowest Unit Operating Cost (UOC) and to maintain mechanical integrity throughout well life cycle. Well Integrity management is looked at in three distinct stages. The first stage is during the well design which includes material selection, engineering design, cement design, coating and inhibitors and cathodic protection. The second stage is monitoring the well during the life of the well, locating possible leaks and / or loss of metal. The last stage is to manage and control any well integrity issues using specialised products, services and techniques. Training Objectives 1. Well Integrity Training: Upon completion of this course, the participants will be able to: * Define the building blocks of a successful well integrity management system * Develop an approach to risk management, understand risk analysis and methods applied across the industry * How do we 'Make Wells Safer', learn about emerging technologies for well integrity problem diagnosis and new techniques available to 'repair' the issues * Execute the basic elements of well integrity management training for field operators * Evaluate well design elements that enhance or hinder well integrity status definition during the operating phase of the well life-cycle * Gain the demonstrable benefits of well integrity management from field experience * Review cases studies and discuss them to enhance knowledge and take on board lessons learned 2. Advanced Well Integrity: * Define well integrity well categorization based on compliance to the barrier policy outlined in the regulations and develop an approach to risk management * Discuss well-completion design and construction to create a 'integer' well with the lowest life cycle maintenance cost from a WIM perspective * Monitoring and surveillance of well integrity, focusing on barrier competence such as cementing and corrosion * Investigate and manage well integrity issues, causes & potential solutions * Understand repairs needed to address 'Loss of Well Operating Envelope' * Gain an overview understanding of Well Suspension & Well Abandonment * Discuss further case studies as well as conduct a post course test Target Audience Invaluable for production, operations, and integrity professionals involved in implementing & managing well integrity and seeking to improve performance. It is also essential for those who need to develop and implement such systems, or who have a general need to know and understand more about well integrity management. The course will also provide a fresh approach for senior professionals and managers. Designed for professionals in the oil and gas industry who are involved in the design, construction and operation of wells from the following disciplines: * Production Maintenance * Production Operations * Drilling Engineering * Safety engineering * Well Intervention * Well Integrity Engineering * Asset Management Course Level * Intermediate * Advanced Trainer Gordon Duncan has over 40 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry. During that time, he has worked exclusively in well intervention and completions. After a number of years working for intervention service companies (completions, slickline & workovers), he joined Shell as a well service supervisor. He was responsible for the day-to-day supervision of all well intervention work on Shell's Persian/Arabian Gulf platforms. This included completion running, coil tubing, e-line, slickline, hydraulic workovers, well testing and stimulation operations. An office-based role as a senior well engineer followed. He was responsible for planning, programming and organising of all the well engineering and intervention work on a number of fields in the Middle East. He had a brief spell as a Site Representative for Santos in Australia before joining Petro-Canada as Completions Superintendent in Syria, then moved to Australia as Completions Operations Superintendent for Santos, before returning to Shell as Field Supervisor Completions and Well Interventions in Iraq where he carried out the first ever formal abandonment of a well in the Majnoon Field. While working on rotation, he regularly taught Completion Practices, Well Intervention, Well Integrity and Reporting & Planning courses all over the world. In 2014, he started to focus 100% on training and became the Technical Director for PetroEDGE. Since commencing delivering training courses in 2008, he has taught over 300 courses in 31 cities in 16 countries to in excess of 3,500 participants. POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information post training support and fees applicable Accreditions And Affliations