Adidas: Transforming Through Team Topologies and Platform Engineering
Adidas's journey from vendor-dependent operations to internal platform engineering excellence demonstrates how Team Topologies principles can drive massive digital transformation and business resilience at enterprise scale.
How did Adidas transform from outsourced IT to a platform-powered digital leader achieving 53% revenue growth during the pandemic?
Adidas's journey from vendor-dependent operations to internal platform engineering excellence demonstrates how Team Topologies principles can drive massive digital transformation and business resilience at enterprise scale.
What you will learn in this case study
🔵 Why Adidas moved from outsourced development to building internal engineering capabilities
🔵 How platform teams enabled self-service and reduced cognitive load across the organization
🔵 The 50/50 effort allocation strategy that balanced platform development with user enablement
🔵 How business-focused metrics guided platform evolution and demonstrated value
🔵 Lessons from surviving and thriving during COVID-19 with platform-powered agility
This is an exclusive case study that you can read in full in the second edition of Team Topologies.
The Team Topologies Success Toolkit™ is a carefully curated collection of trusted tools that work seamlessly with Team Topologies patterns and principles. These aren’t just any tools - they’re specifically designed and enhanced to bring Team Topologies concepts to life at scale. Start here!
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Trade Me’s Journey Towards a Thinnest Viable Platform (TVP)
The following case study explains what led Trade Me to introduce the concept of the Thinnest Viable Platform (TVP) from the book Team Topologies. We will explore what sparked our need to change the way we previously had been working, what we did, and the lessons we learned.
How did New Zealand’s largest online marketplace cut time to "Hello World” from 3 weeks to 1 day?
Trade Me’s journey towards a Thinnest Viable Platform (TVP)—now featured in the second edition of Team Topologies—shows how platform thinking can speed up delivery and reduce cognitive load.
What you will learn in this case study
🔵 Why Trade Me needed a new approach
🔵 How the TVP was designed and its guiding principles
🔵 How they delivered value from the very first iteration
🔵 The impact on developer experience and delivery speed
🔵 Lessons learned you can apply in your own teams
The Team Topologies Success Toolkit™ is a carefully curated collection of trusted tools that work seamlessly with Team Topologies patterns and principles. These aren’t just any tools - they’re specifically designed and enhanced to bring Team Topologies concepts to life at scale. Start here!