Trade Me’s Journey Towards a Thinnest Viable Platform (TVP)
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
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