Odoo ERP: Customization and Module Development Training in the UAE
Classroom cohorts in Dubai · live online · in-house anywhere in the UAE
Odoo's open architecture lets a business shape the system around its own processes, but poorly built customizations break during upgrades and slow down every user. Ten days begin with Odoo architecture, the ORM, core navigation and how apps are installed and configured, then examine module structure, manifest files and dependency management. You build custom models and fields in Python, write computed fields, onchange methods, constraints and business logic, and extend existing models through inheritance instead of editing core code. View development covers form, list, kanban and search views, menus and actions written in XML.
Security gets its own day, with user groups, access rights and record rules that control who can see and change each record. Every participant develops a working module across the fortnight, extending it day by day and testing it on a local Odoo instance. Python developers, ERP technical consultants, system administrators and in-house IT teams supporting an Odoo rollout will get the most practical value. You leave able to design, build and secure maintainable modules, read other developers' code with confidence and keep customizations clean enough to survive version upgrades.
About this course
Odoo's open-source platform and modular design make it accessible for organizations that can't afford traditional ERP costs. This course teaches developers and implementers to configure Odoo modules, develop custom extensions, and adapt Odoo to unique business needs using Python development.
Participants work through end-to-end customization scenarios, building both configuration skills and development capabilities needed to implement Odoo effectively in SME and growing business environments.
Throughout the programme, participants work through realistic scenarios drawn from development initiatives, donor-funded programmes, nonprofit operations, and public sector environments, examining how odoo ERP: customization and module development is applied in practice and where it most often breaks down. Delegates will develop practical skill in designing appropriate frameworks, selecting and applying the right tools for business logic and python, interpreting findings, and communicating conclusions clearly to colleagues, management and external stakeholders. Sessions move deliberately from principles to application, so that each technique introduced is practised against a realistic problem before the programme moves on — strengthening both individual effectiveness and the wider capability of the organizations delegates return to.
Training Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Develop robust odoo ERP: customization and module development frameworks that support successful implementation and measurable outcomes.
- Analyze performance using recognized evaluation methods drawn from business logic and python.
- Design practical systems that strengthen accountability, transparency and evidence generation.
- Evaluate outcomes and assess longer-term impact across a range of operating contexts.
- Apply relevant tools, frameworks and analytical methodologies confidently and appropriately.
- Integrate reports and qweb templating into existing organizational processes and reporting structures.
- Strengthen decision-making and operational effectiveness through evidence-based professional practice.
What you'll learn
Key Takeaways
By the end of the Odoo ERP: Customization and Module Development Training, participants will leave with:
- A comprehensive working understanding of odoo ERP: customization and module development principles and performance-measurement methodology.
- Enhanced ability to design practical systems and evaluate outcomes reliably.
- Improved competency in business logic and python, reporting structures and analytical interpretation.
- Practical techniques for translating findings into strategic insight and clear recommendations.
- Greater confidence in applying odoo ERP: customization and module development and assessing measurable results.
- Stronger capability to support organizational learning and continuous performance improvement.
- Improved approaches to strengthening sustainability, accountability and operational effectiveness.
Training Methodology
This training course adopts a practical, participant-centered learning approach that builds odoo ERP: customization and module development expertise, strengthens analytical capability and develops confident professional judgement. The methodology combines specialist facilitation, applied hands-on experience and globally recognized professional practice, so that delegates return able to apply what they have learned immediately rather than in theory only.
Methodology includes:
- Expert-led sessions facilitated by experienced odoo ERP: customization and module development practitioners and subject-matter specialists.
- Practical application of the frameworks, tools and techniques used in business logic and python.
- Real-world case studies drawn from development initiatives, donor-funded programmes, nonprofit operations, and public sector environments.
- Tool-based demonstrations of the systems, templates and reporting applications used in current practice.
- Interactive discussion and scenario-based learning focused on realistic challenges and decision points.
- Structured group exercises with facilitator feedback, reinforcing learning through practice rather than lecture alone.
Day 1: Odoo Architecture and Core Navigation
- Odoo's modular architecture: apps, modules and add-ons
- Navigating the backend, settings and developer mode
- Understanding the ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) layer
- Odoo.sh, on-premise and Odoo Online deployment options compared
- Practical exercise and facilitated review
- Core principles and terminology underpinning odoo architecture and core navigation
- Standards, frameworks and good practice governing odoo architecture and core navigation
Day 2: Module Structure and Dependencies
- Anatomy of an Odoo module: manifest file, models, views, security
- Managing module dependencies and load order
- Installing, upgrading and uninstalling custom modules safely
- Setting up a local development environment for Odoo
- Regulatory, ethical and compliance dimensions of module structure and dependencies
- Technology and automation supporting module structure and dependencies
- Reviewing outcomes and capturing lessons learned
Day 3: Building Custom Models with Python
- Defining models, fields and field types in Python
- Model inheritance: classical, extension and delegation inheritance
- Adding custom fields to existing Odoo models
- Working with relational fields: Many2one, One2many, Many2many
- Documentation, record-keeping and reporting requirements
- Measuring performance and assuring quality in building custom models with python
- Worked example: applying building custom models with python in a live odoo ERP: customization and module development context
Day 4: Business Logic and Python Methods
- Writing compute methods and field dependencies (@api.depends)
- Onchange methods for dynamic form behavior
- Constraints and validation logic (@api.constrains)
- Scheduled actions (cron jobs) for automated processing
- Practical tools, templates and techniques for business logic and python methods
- Roles, responsibilities and stakeholder coordination in business logic and python methods
- Common challenges, risks and failure points in business logic and python methods
Day 5: Building Views and User Interfaces
- Form, tree (list), kanban and calendar view XML
- Designing menus, actions and window actions
- Widgets and customizing field display behavior
- Building custom dashboards with the dashboard framework
- Roles, responsibilities and stakeholder coordination in building views and user interfaces
- Common challenges, risks and failure points in building views and user interfaces
- Documentation, record-keeping and reporting requirements
Day 6: Security, Access Rights and Record Rules
- Configuring access control lists (ACLs) for custom models
- Record rules for row-level, multi-company security
- Groups and user roles design
- Securing custom fields and sensitive business data
- Core principles and terminology underpinning security, access rights and record rules
- Standards, frameworks and good practice governing security, access rights and record rules
- Practical tools, templates and techniques for security, access rights and record rules
Day 7: Reports and QWeb Templating
- Building PDF reports with the QWeb templating engine
- Designing report layouts and dynamic report data
- Creating custom email templates and automated notifications
- Exporting data and building custom Excel/CSV exports
- Data, evidence and information requirements for reports and qweb templating
- Decision points and escalation routes in reports and qweb templating
- Resourcing, cost and capacity considerations
Day 8: Working with the Odoo API and External Integration
- Odoo's external API (XML-RPC/JSON-RPC) for third-party integration
- Building webhooks and connecting Odoo to external services
- Importing and exporting data between Odoo and other systems
- Handling authentication and API security
- Measuring performance and assuring quality in working with the odoo API and external integration
- Worked example: applying working with the odoo API and external integration in a live odoo ERP: customization and module development context
- Planning and sequencing working with the odoo API and external integration within the wider workflow
Day 9: Testing and Debugging Custom Modules
- Writing unit tests for Odoo modules
- Using the Odoo shell and logging for debugging
- Common errors in module development and how to trace them
- Performance considerations for custom code
- Worked example: applying testing and debugging custom modules in a live odoo ERP: customization and module development context
- Planning and sequencing testing and debugging custom modules within the wider workflow
- Data, evidence and information requirements for testing and debugging custom modules
Day 10: Deployment and Module Packaging
- Packaging modules for distribution or the Odoo App Store
- Version control practices for Odoo module development
- Deployment checklist: staging to production promotion
- Post-deployment monitoring and maintenance planning
- Common challenges, risks and failure points in deployment and module packaging
- Documentation, record-keeping and reporting requirements
- Measuring performance and assuring quality in deployment and module packaging
This hands-on Odoo programme is for developers and implementers who need to go beyond standard configuration and build custom functionality for clients or their own organization.
- Odoo Developers and Technical Consultants
- ERP Implementation Partners customizing Odoo for SME clients
- Python Developers moving into ERP customization
- IT Officers supporting an in-house Odoo deployment
- Business Analysts translating requirements into Odoo module specifications
- Freelance ERP Consultants building an Odoo specialization
- IT Managers and Systems Administrators
Participants who complete the ten days receive a Certificate of Completion from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, confirming their ability to build, extend and deploy custom Odoo modules using Python.
The certificate confirms attendance and successful participation, is recognized by employers across the public, private and development sectors, and can be verified directly with Vision Reach Global Consultancy on request.
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Odoo ERP: Customization and Module Development Training Venues
UAEDubaiNext Oct 26· 13 dates$7,600
KenyaMombasaNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,200- KenyaNaivashaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,000
- KenyaNairobiNext Nov 9· 13 dates$3,000
- KenyaKisumuNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,000
- KenyaMachakosNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,200
UgandaKampalaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,800
RwandaKigaliNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,800
South AfricaCape TownNext Oct 26· 13 dates$7,600
TanzaniaZanzibarNext Nov 16· 13 dates$5,200- South AfricaPretoriaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$6,400
- South AfricaJohannesburgNext Nov 2· 13 dates$6,800
- TanzaniaDodomaNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,600
- TanzaniaDar es SalaamNext Oct 26· 13 dates$4,000
- TanzaniaArushaNext Nov 9· 13 dates$3,800
NigeriaAbujaNext Nov 9· 13 dates$5,600- NigeriaLagosNext Nov 16· 13 dates$5,600
GhanaAccraNext Nov 16· 13 dates$9,000
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Frequently Asked Questions About Odoo ERP: Customization and Module Development Training in the UAE
Everything you need to know about this course before you register.
Odoo ERP: Customization and Module Development Training runs as classroom training in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in Monday-to-Friday cohorts that start every four weeks. You can also join a live online cohort from anywhere in the UAE, or book it in-house at your organisation's own premises.
The next classroom cohort in the UAE starts on October 26, 2026 in Dubai, and a new intake follows every four weeks in each city. Pick a city and date in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
The classroom fee for Odoo ERP: Customization and Module Development Training in the UAE is USD 7,600 per delegate. The fee covers tuition and course materials. Register 3 or more delegates together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically.
Yes — Odoo ERP: Customization and Module Development Training can be delivered at your offices anywhere in the UAE, or at a venue you choose, on dates that suit your team, with case studies tailored to your sector. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
Yes. Odoo ERP: Customization and Module Development Training also runs as live online training: the same curriculum as the classroom programme, taught by a trainer in real time, so you can join from anywhere in the UAE without travelling. Choose "Virtual Live" in the schedule panel above to see the online dates and fee.
By the end of the Odoo ERP: Customization and Module Development Training programme, you'll be able to navigate odoo and apply core configuration, manage odoo modules and dependencies, develop custom odoo modules using python, and build custom fields and models. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
This hands-on Odoo programme is for developers and implementers who need to go beyond standard configuration and build custom functionality for clients or their own organization. Typical delegates include Odoo Developers and Technical Consultants, ERP Implementation Partners customizing Odoo for SME clients, Python Developers moving into ERP customization, IT Officers supporting an in-house Odoo deployment, Business Analysts translating requirements into Odoo module specifications, Freelance ERP Consultants building an Odoo specialization, and IT Managers and Systems Administrators.
Odoo ERP: Customization and Module Development Training typically runs as 10 Days. It's available as classroom, live virtual, and in-house training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Odoo ERP: Customization and Module Development Training from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Odoo ERP: Customization and Module Development Training is pitched at intermediate to advanced professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
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