This Domain Driven Design (DDD) training is designed to help participants apply DDD principles to build complex software systems that align closely with business domains. The course covers strategic and tactical DDD concepts, including bounded contexts, ubiquitous language, aggregates, entities, value objects, domain events, and context mapping. Participants will gain practical insight into modeling business domains and designing software that reflects real-world business processes.

• Understand the core principles, concepts, and strategic design approach of Domain-Driven Design (DDD).
• Identify domains, subdomains, bounded contexts, and ubiquitous language for business-driven software design.
• Design domain models, entities, value objects, aggregates, and domain services effectively.
• Implement repositories, factories, domain events, and application services in enterprise applications.
• Align software architecture with business requirements using context mapping and collaboration patterns.
• Build scalable, maintainable, and business-focused software solutions using DDD best practices.

 • Software architects and technical leads
 • Senior software developers
 • Backend and full-stack engineers
 • Product engineers and system designers
 • Teams building complex domain-driven systems

 • Basic understanding of object-oriented programming
 • Familiarity with software architecture concepts is helpful
 • Interest in aligning software design with business domains

 • Understanding strategic and tactical DDD concepts
 • Defining bounded contexts
 • Creating and using ubiquitous language
 • Modeling aggregates, entities, and value objects
 • Implementing repositories and domain services
 • Designing domain events
 • Applying context mapping
 • Aligning software design with business domains

By the end of this training, participants will be able to apply Domain Driven Design principles to model complex business domains and design software systems that closely reflect business needs. Learners will gain strong fundamentals in strategic and tactical DDD, enabling them to build scalable and maintainable domain-centric systems.

Introduction to Domain Driven Design & Strategic Design
 • What is Domain Driven Design
 • Core principles of DDD
 • Ubiquitous language
 • Strategic vs tactical DDD

Bounded Contexts & Context Mapping
 • Defining bounded contexts
 • Context map patterns
 • Relationships between contexts
 • Integrating multiple domains

Domain Modeling Fundamentals
 • Entities and identity
 • Value objects
 • Aggregates and aggregate roots
 • Invariants and consistency boundaries

Repositories & Domain Services
 • Repository pattern in DDD
 • Domain services vs application services
 • Managing domain persistence
 • Transaction boundaries

Domain Events & Event-Driven Design
 • Designing domain events
 • Event publishing and handling
 • Eventual consistency concepts
 • Integrating with messaging systems

Tactical Patterns & Implementation Practices
 • Factories in DDD
 • Specifications pattern
 • Application layer design
 • Anti-corruption layer

DDD in Microservices & Modern Architectures
 • DDD with microservices
 • Aligning bounded contexts with services
 • Data ownership per service
 • Integration patterns

DDD Modeling Workshop & Best Practices
 • Modeling a real-world business domain
 • Identifying aggregates and contexts
 • Designing domain events
 • Final workshop review and best practices

• DDD Fundamentals & Strategic Design
• Domain Modeling, Entities & Value Objects
• Aggregates, Repositories & Domain Services
• Bounded Contexts, Context Mapping & Domain Events
• End-to-End Domain-Driven Application Design Project

Participants will be evaluated through hands-on domain modeling exercises, practical design activities, instructor-led reviews, and a final assessment focused on applying DDD concepts to a real-world domain scenario.

Participants will receive course materials, slides, reference materials, exercises and access to resources for further learning.

Upon successful completion of the training, participants will receive an AcadNXT Certificate of Completion for Domain Driven Design (DDD). This digital, verifiable certification validates practical DDD application, domain modeling expertise, and domain-centric software architecture skills and can be shared on LinkedIn and included in professional profiles to enhance software architecture and system design career credibility.