Custom Courses Built Around Your Team
A custom course is a training program assembled for one specific team: topics are selected from your actual architecture and projects, not from a vendor catalog, and delivered as a compact 2–4 day intensive.
In a typical catalog course, a team actively uses 30–50% of the content. The rest is paid for and sat through. We build the program the other way around: an audit of your tasks first, then only the topics your engineers will apply — networking fundamentals at CCNA depth, design elements, security basics — combined in one intensive for your project.
Materials are original: instructor-authored content and labs built on our own stands or a copy of your environment, with no licensed vendor courseware involved. If the goal includes an official certificate, we add an authorized course through vendor training on top.
When a catalog course is the wrong tool
- Your team needs switching and troubleshooting — the catalog course bundles them with 3 days of topics nobody will touch.
- The project mixes technologies (network + security + a bit of cloud) that no single catalog course covers.
- Two weeks off work for a full course is not realistic for an operations team.
- You are paying for the same fundamentals again and again because courses cannot skip what the team already knows.
What you get
Task audit and topic selection
The program starts from your architecture, projects and skill gaps — not from a table of contents. See how this feeds a longer-term skills strategy.
Original materials and labs
Instructor-authored content, lab stands built for the program (or a replica of your infrastructure). Legally clean — no licensed courseware.
2–4 day intensive format
Instead of two weeks of catalog courses: focused days, real scenarios, minimal time away from production.
SME instructor + methodologist
A subject-matter expert delivers; a learning designer structures. AI-assisted drafting on the Evolve platform cuts development time dramatically.
Economics that make sense
One custom program typically replaces 2–3 catalog courses — training cost per applied skill drops several times.
The course stays yours
Materials, recordings and the program itself remain your asset — reusable for onboarding the next hires.
How we build it
- Step 1
Discovery
A working session with your leads: what the team must be able to do after, what they already know, what the infrastructure looks like.
- Step 2
Program draft
Topic map, day-by-day plan, lab design and instructor shortlist — for your review within days, not weeks.
- Step 3
Delivery
Live online or on site, exercises on scenarios from your environment, daily feedback loop with the instructor.
- Step 4
Handover
Materials, recordings, and a readiness summary per participant — plus recommendations for follow-up.
Who orders custom courses
- Teams entering a project — a migration, a new stack, a rollout — that need exactly the missing skills, fast.
- Companies replacing 2–3 catalog courses with one focused program to save budget and engineer time.
- Any-vertical businesses — custom programs are not just for IT departments; see AI training for the fastest-growing example.
- SMBs that cannot fill a private group but need targeted skills — options for smaller teams.
Frequently asked questions
How is a custom course legally different from a vendor course?
A custom course is built entirely on original materials: instructor-authored content and our own labs. No licensed vendor courseware is used, so no authorization is required. Official vendor courses, when needed, are organized separately through authorized partners.
How long does it take to develop a custom program?
A typical 2–4 day intensive is scoped and drafted within 1–2 weeks after the discovery session. AI-assisted content drafting on the Evolve platform shortens development significantly compared to classic course production.
Can a custom course prepare the team for a certification?
Partially: it builds the applied skills, and where an official certificate is the goal we combine the custom intensive with an authorized vendor course or exam-prep sessions organized through our vendor training service.
What group size works for a custom course?
Most custom intensives run for teams of 4–12 people. Larger groups are split by role or level so every participant works on scenarios relevant to their job.
Do we keep the materials afterwards?
Yes. Slides, labs, recordings and the program structure remain your asset. Many clients reuse them as an internal onboarding course for new team members.
Request 2–3 training options — quotes within 5 business days
No commitment — describe the task and we come back with concrete options, dates and prices.