Team Topologies Valued Practitioner - TTVP
A Team Topologies Valued Practitioner (TTVP) is an independent expert practitioner (an individual person) in the software, IT, organization design, or related space who brings together expertise in their field (such as DDD, security, HR experience, etc.) and a strong awareness of Team Topologies (TT). We trust these people to deliver Guided Workshops, sense-check sessions, and similar sessions and also to advocate accurately and effectively for TT approaches.
Benefits for Practitioners
Identify closely with the Team Topologies brand and value proposition, providing an opportunity to raise fees and perceived value with clients
Option to take part in the delivery of Team Topologies engagements for customers, including and not limited to guided workshops and sense-check sessions for Trusted Partners alongside or in place of the TT authors
Access to the Team Topologies private StackOverflow portal for partner FAQs
Complimentary access to the TT Insights content subscription (currently worth €950 per year) - expected to be available from 2023/2024
Automatic invitation to provide a “Team Topologies Aligned” training course via the TT Academy
The TT Aligned course contains 20-25% material directly discussing TT, with the other material on a related topic
Option to be listed on the Team Topologies website as a TTVP
Option to use the designations “Team Topologies Valued Practitioner” and “TTVP” on marketing materials
Option to use the official TTVP logo on marketing materials
Requirements for Practitioners
Aspiring TTVPs are encouraged initially to join the Team Topologies Advocate (TTA) program. People from the TTA community are invited to apply to join the ranks of TTVPs as their expertise becomes apparent.
TTVPs demonstrate ongoing advocacy in TT through blogs, articles, training, talks, etc., demonstrate and share practical TT implementation experience (such as client case studies), and may have TT-related training courses that are promoted by TT via the Team Topologies Academy
TTVPs also become part of the core team at TT.
Current TTVPs
TTVP Candidates (undergoing assessment)
How to apply for TTVP
Members of the TTA community may be invited to become TTVPs. When invited to join the TTVP Partner Program aspiring TTVPs will need to have completed the following:
A published case study or article describing the use of TT within a named organization
A public talk and set of slides that include a details on TT
Answering a couple of FAQs (not published yet) - if these get published on teamtopologies.com the name of the TTVP would be alongside those FAQs
A new online resource (a set of worksheets, a Miro board, a GitHub repository, etc.) that explores and expands the use of TT
A draft article, case study, talk, or set of slides that provides significant detail on the use of TT in the real world
Something else similar to the items above
The authors (Matthew and Manuel) will review the material and arrange an interview with you by video call with you to talk through your experience.
If we think you're ready for TTVP, we will ask you to provide a 1-page doc (700 words) that describes your experience with TT. This will be used as the basis for the partner page details for your profile. There are no fees for TTVP.