TIPA® for ITIL® Licenses & Memberships TIPA offers a turnkey solution for IT process assessment based on industry standard ISO/IEC 15504. TIPA for ITIL provides a vendor agnostic and transparent method to determine the maturity level of ITIL based processes and enables process improvement. The TIPA Licensing and Membership scheme creates a network of individuals and organizations to provide unparalleled access to information about TIPA and to promote the use of this internationally recognized framework in organizations. Organizations that wish to use TIPA for commercial purposes and integrate the Intellectual Property into a product or service offering are required to apply for a license of TIPA that will give them the right to do so. The TIPA licensing scheme has been modified to encourage a variety of uses. The different licensing and membership options ensure that application of TIPA is optimized for different organizations and individuals. Professional Membership Professional Membership is open to professionals who have successfully completed the TIPA Assessor or TIPA Lead Assessor certification exam. These individuals have demonstrated that they have developed the competencies and skills. Any individual who becomes officially certified as an Assessor becomes automatically eligible for TIPA Professional Membership. Certified TIPA Assessors or Lead Assessors have to maintain their membership in order to retain their certification.
Fee: $ 295 per year per member Consulting Use License (formerly Organizational Membership) The TIPA consulting use license is designed to recognize and support organizations that wish to use the TIPA framework for commercial purposes. Examples of consulting use licensees are consulting firms, IT Service Providers and software development firms. Being a member allows an organization to benefit from the widespread adoption of TIPA by the market. Licensees are organizations that plan to make available a commercial offering based on the TIPA framework or plan to use TIPA in the development of a commercial offering. A commercial offering typically takes form as a service (assessment/consultation).
For an Organization to be able to apply for consulting use license and offer a commercial service/product that includes the TIPA framework; the organization must employ at least one TIPA Lead Assessor. Organizational Membership belongs to the organization (as opposed to Professional Membership that belongs to a certified individual) and can be retained by the organization as reassignments occur.
Fee: $349 for organizations with a revenue up to $1MM USD, and $995 for organizations with a revenue of more than $1MM USD Training License TIPA Training Licenses are for organizations that would like to deliver TIPA Training programs to their customers. TIPA training programs include Assessor and Lead Assessor courses along with the certification exams. Organizations with a Training License must deliver training courses with a certified TIPA Trainer. This is a Lead Assessor who completed a Train the Trainer program.
Fee: $ 349 per year per training organization Single Product Use License Single product use license enables an organization to become the official product licensee of TIPA. This license allows the licensee to develop a single product/software/tool aligned with TIPA for ITIL. This license allows the software company to:
Fee: $ 7,500 per year.
Note: If the single product use licensee intends to conduct assessments then it is necessary to acquire a Consulting Use License as well.
Toolbox License The TIPA toolbox is also available for organizations that do not wish to pursue training and certification for their employees. In this case an annual toolbox licensing fee applies.
Fee: the annual licensing fee for the toolbox amounts to $ 2,500. TIPA® is a registered trademark of Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology. ITIL® is a registered trademark of Axelos. IT Infrastructure Library® is a registered trademark of Axelos. The Swirl logo™ is a trademark of Axelos. |
