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Team Topologies Solution Partners - TTSP

The Team Topologies logo is a Registered Trademark ® in multiple jurisdictions

Team Topologies Solution Partners (TTSP) are evolving the Team Topologies ideas through active contribution in our workgroups, expanding the knowledge of how to apply Team Topologies in combination with other approaches, frameworks and methods in different domains (different industry contexts, e.g. telco, banking, manufacturing; OR different technology contexts, e.g. cloud, embedded software, IoT, AI/ML, platform engineering; OR organizational contexts, e.g. product-driven organizations, self-steering organizations).

They help to embed and extend the use of Team Topologies ideas and practices within customer organizations, driving positive outcomes and championing adaptive transformations. Solution Partners can come from various industries:

  • Consultancies

  • Software companies building technology which leverage Team Topologies or can benefit (adoption and value creation) from applying Team Topologies.

  • Companies in various industries leading the way, e.g. a Telco redefining how telecom services are produced and consumed, a Bank redefining what it means a bank in 21st century, a Manufacturing enterprise rethinking what high-performing and high-engaging manufacturing company looks like, etc.

We welcome TTSPs worldwide in order to provide organizations across all sectors and geos with a choice of local partners with significant expertise and awareness in Team Topologies to guide and accelerate organizational transformations.

Benefits for Solution Partners

Commercial & Marketing

  • Team Topologies brand recognition - joint authoring of various content and use of the Team Topologies Solution Partner logo on your website, materials, events and more.

  • Joint offerings and Go-to-Market approach - joint consulting offerings for solutions developed.

  • Preferential access to sales leads and referrals from Team Topologies.

  • RFI/RFQ/RFP answer support for up to 30 hours per year - beyond the 30 hours charged at established rates.

  • Marketing package:

    • Go-to-Market enablement and materials for positioning and selling Team Topologies offerings.

    • Regular partner success calls and joint business planning.

    • Events (webinar, podcast, conference) - two joint event per year included with your annual fee, additional events possible, more events possible as availability allows and subject to additional funding required.

    • Blog - posting or syndicating blog posts on (teamtopologies.com) related to the Team Topologies approach.

    • Website - featuring you as Solution Partner on the relevant pages of teamtopologies.com

    • Social Media channels promotion - promoting joint events, offerings and relevant Team Topologies content through all of our channels.

  • Access to official Team Topologies materials:

    • Original slides in English with slide notes.

    • Presenter guidance.

  • Authorized reseller

    • Authorized to include us with our consulting offerings as part of your engagements - those offerings are to be delivered by associates of the Team Topologies organization. The use of those offerings is subject to prior explicit agreement with the Team Topologies organization for each and every case, to assure available capacity and appropriate scope and budget.

    • Authorized to sell “at scale” products - such as seats on the Team Topologies Academy, books, printed resources, etc. - directly to end customers.

  • Reduced partnership fee of €7,500 per year (€5,000 for small businesses).

Expertise

  • Direct access to the core team of Team Topologies and our Valued Practitioners.

  • Partner discounts for onboarding new consultants or buying additional Academy courses.

  • Access to the Inner Circle of the Team Topologies Community (included for each enabled consultant or trainer), providing for direct interaction with the authors, the Team Topologies team and the growing number of practitioners, enthusiast and leaders evolving the Team Topologies approach.

  • Access to templates, slide decks, and other go-to-market materials to help win deals and drive more revenue.


Current Team Topologies Solution Partners

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TTSP Candidates (undergoing assessment)

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Qualification Criteria

  • The candidate is committed to developing a specific solution or contribute significantly to the evolution of existing one, by joining or leading the efforts of one or more workgroups along other partners and the Team Topologies team.

  • The applying organization has a minimum of associates enabled as Team Topologies consultants

    • 10 consultants minimum for all but small organizations.

    • 5 consultants for small organizations of up to 50 associates (incl. freelance consultants engaged).

  • Organisation’s previous experience in one or more of the following areas:

    • Agile software development

    • DevOps culture and practices adoption

    • Value Stream Management

    • Modern architectures & Domain-Driven Design

    • Cloud native development

    • Team-of-teams organizational design

  • Payment of the annual accreditation fee:

    • €7,500 for organizations.

    • €5,000 for freelance consultants or small organizations of up to 50 associates (incl. freelance consultants engaged).

Team Topologies Consultants Enablement (non-exhaustive list)

Partner status come into force from the date the minimum required consultants have completed their accreditation.

Renewal criteria

Each year, TTSPs are assessed based on based on three main criteria:

  1. Case Studies - every year each Solution Partner provides two publish-ready case studies of between 700 and 2000 words showcasing their use of Team Topologies ideas and practices in a real customer context. The case study must identify the customer organization name and permission must have been granted for Team Topologies to use the customer’s name and logo when publishing the case study. Our marketing team is available to guide and support the partner in this work.

  2. Community Contributions - Solution Partners are in the core of the Team Topologies Community, leading workgroups on various topics and evolving the Team Topologies approach in combination with other methods, frameworks and ideas. The activity, contribution, thought leadership produced over the course of the year are all taken into account in renewing your status.

  3. Minimum number of enabled consultants - each Solution Partner must ensures that the minimum number of enabled consultants is maintained. 

If the TTSP's renewal commitments are not met, their TTSP status will expire at the anniversary of the subscription.

Apply to join the TTSP program

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