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Types of Catalyst projects
Open Source Catalysts
Ecosystem Catalysts
- Project addressing a CSP challenge (ie the prospective buyer of the solution developed by the Catalyst is a CSP)
- Project whose primary mission is to leverage open source to create solutions or that primarily uses open source software to showcase their demonstration
- Project addressing an ecosystem challenge (ie the prospective buyer of the solution developed by the Catalyst is a vertical market player, not a CSP)
- CSP (TM Forum Member)
- CSP (TM Forum Member)
- Vertical market player (may be a Non-member)
- TM Forum Members
- Non-members may join as Participants (but not as Champions) subject to additional fees (see pricing table)
- TM Forum Members
- Open Source organizations
- Companies who are “members” of open source organizations
- TM Forum Members
- Non-members may join as Champions or Participants (subject to additional fees, see pricing table)
- 1 Champion plus 4 Participants
- Team must include at least 3 TM Forum Members and 3 paying Participants*
- 1 Champion plus 3 Participants plus 1 Open Source organization (TM Forum may act in this role)
- Team must include at least 3 TM Forum Members and 3 paying Participants*
- 1 Champion plus 4 Participants
- Team must include at least 2 TM Forum Members and 3 paying Participants*
- Participants pay fees
- Champions do not pay
- Non-members pay 2.5x standard Catalyst fees
- Flat fee is paid by both Champions and Participants
- Participants (including CSPs) pay fees
- Non-members pay standard Catalyst fees + 20%
- TM Forum events
- TM Forum events
- May offer opportunities to showcase at targeted Open Source events (special pricing applies)
- TM Forum events
- May offer opportunities to showcase at non-TM Forum events (special pricing applies)
Catalyst Project Team Roles & Responsibilities RACI
Here is a list of the project team roles & responsibilities and RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed).
Project Team leads will need to identify members to fulfill the relevant roles and add this to the current project charter which can be found in the project page in Confluence.
Each Catalyst Project needs at least one Catalyst Champion and one Catalyst Participants. More than one team members can be a Catalyst Champion or Catalyst Participant.
**Non-members pay a Catalyst Supplement on top of the standard Catalyst fee. For CSP Catalysts the Supplement is 150% of the standard fee (i.e. the total fee is 2.5x the standard fee) and for Ecosystem Catalysts the Supplement is 20% (i.e. the total fee is 1.2x the standard fee).Project Team Role | Responsibilities | RACI | Catalyst | |
Catalyst Champion
| The Champion role defines the problem statement to be solved. Champions’ responsibilities include:
| Consulted | Mandatory | |
Catalyst Participant
| The Participant role develops the solution in accordance with the Champions specifications. Participant responsibilities include:
| Responsible | Mandatory | |
Project Team Lead |
| Accountable
| Mandatory | |
Project Team Co-Lead |
| Responsible | Optional | |
Marketing Lead |
| datasheet
| Responsible | Mandatory |
Technical Lead |
| Responsible | Mandatory | |
Catalyst Team Member |
| Responsible | Optional | |
Authorized Contract Signee | The Contract Signee is the authorized representative of their Organization. Contract Signee responsibilities include:
| Responsible | Mandatory |
Catalyst program fees (DTWS cycle 2021)
- Pricing is for Participants only, except for Open Source Catalysts where both Champions and Participants pay fees*.
- Champions do not pay a Catalyst fee (except for Open Source Catalysts*) but are expected to contribute time and effort towards defining the challenge, establishing the business requirements/use cases, giving feedback on solutions as they are developed, and promoting the solutions within their organizations and to the industry.
There is a 25% discount for full Catalyst teams continuing to an additional phase of an existing Catalyst project (please note that this discount does not apply to new team members joining for the additional phase).
Membership
Category
Annual revenues
Catalyst Participation Fees**
Digital Transformation World Series 2021
A1, A2
> $25 billion
$16,400
A3, B1, B2
$100m - $25b
$10,700
C
$25m - $100m
$8,300
D
$1m - $25m
$4,850
E
< $1 million
$1,275
*Open Source Catalysts: All companies (both Champions and Participants) pay a flat fee to participate in Open Source Catalyst projects. Membership Tiers A &B pay $6,300, other Tiers pay $4,450.