Accelerator Catalog
A catalog of available GitLab Accelerator programs delivered by Customer Success Architects as part of the Advanced and Signature Success Tiers.
Accelerators are 12-week structured enablement programs delivered by your Customer Success Architect (CSA), aligned to your mutual success plan and strategic goals. They are included with GitLab’s Advanced (2/year) and Signature (4/year) Success Tiers.
For the full interactive marketplace, visit the GitLab Accelerator Marketplace.
What Is an Accelerator?
An Accelerator is a customized form of enablement that a GitLab CSA defines and delivers in partnership with your team. Each Accelerator:
- Runs over approximately 12 weeks
- Is scoped to your specific environment, goals, and maturity level
- Follows a four-phase lifecycle: Discovery → Design → Deliver → Measure
- Produces measurable outcomes tracked in a shared GitLab collaboration project
Customer Success is not permitted to be “hands on keyboard” with customers. CSAs provide best practices, architectural guidance, and tailored adoption plans. If a customer needs GitLab to actively implement or configure their environment, that work is handled by Professional Services.
Accelerator Lifecycle
| Phase | Description |
|---|---|
| Discovery | Assess current state, understand business objectives, and define desired outcomes |
| Design | Build a customized enablement plan with milestones and a backlog of tracked issues |
| Deliver | Execute through workshops, hands-on sessions, and async guidance over ~10 weeks |
| Measure | Assess results against defined outcomes, document impact, and plan the next Accelerator |
Available Accelerators
CI/CD
| Accelerator | Description |
|---|---|
| Introduction to CI/CD | Getting-started accelerator covering GitLab CI architecture, gitlab-ci.yml basics, and common pipeline patterns for teams new to the platform |
| Runner Fleet Guidance | Optimize and manage a GitLab Runner fleet at scale through maturity assessment, informational sessions, and interactive training |
| Rules and Pipeline Flow | Advanced concepts covering pipeline flow control using rules, DAG, parent/child pipelines, and optimization methods |
| CI Templates and Reusability | Creation and use of CI templates and workflow optimization for standardized, reusable pipelines |
| Product Coach (CI/CD) | Deep-dive consultative guidance on pipeline best practices, producing a detailed guidance report across 20+ optimization categories |
| Pipeline Template Optimization | 12-week program developing standardized, reusable templates tailored to your project types, languages, and compliance requirements |
Security and Compliance
| Accelerator | Description |
|---|---|
| Intro to Security Workshop | 60–90 minute overview of GitLab security concepts, scanners, vulnerability dashboards, and getting-started recommendations |
| Hands-on Security Lab | 90–120 minute interactive lab covering security scanner configuration, security policies, compliance frameworks, and vulnerability triage |
| Ultimate Onboarding | Comprehensive 12-week program implementing security scanning, policy configuration, and vulnerability management workflows |
| Intro to Audit, Compliance, and Separation of Duties | 60–90 minute workshop on audit concepts, compliance policies, and best practices for passing audits and enforcing consistency |
| Security Rollout Strategy | Complete plan for rolling out security and compliance features with timelines, milestones, and a tracked collaboration project backlog |
| Product Coach (Security) | Deep-dive consultative guidance on security policies, developer workflow, and separation of duties, producing a detailed guidance report |
| Security Policy Rollout Strategy | Multi-quarter program guiding security policy implementation across five phases: Architecture & Design, Compliance, Audit & Enablement, Dashboards & Integration, and Scaling |
Agile Planning
| Accelerator | Description |
|---|---|
| Intro to GitLab Plan | Overview of GitLab issue management, backlog workflows, reporting, and planning best practices |
| Jira + GitLab Workshop | Customized workshop covering integration options between Jira and GitLab, tailored to your current setup and outcomes |
AI and Machine Learning
| Accelerator | Description |
|---|---|
| AI/ML Hands-on Lab | Bootstrap your developers on all GitLab AI/ML features with hands-on sandbox access |
| Duo Enterprise Onboarding | 12-week program implementing AI-powered development tools across your organization, including customized demonstrations, guided adoption strategies, and champion network development |
System Administration
| Accelerator | Description |
|---|---|
| Upgrade Package | Deep-dive preparation for upcoming GitLab upgrades, including a detailed upgrade plan, deprecation review, and a tracked collaboration project |
| Managing Monorepos and Large Repositories | Optimization of repository structure, Git LFS implementation, and CI/CD pipeline efficiency for oversized repositories |
| Optimizing Platform Resiliency | Security hardening, backup strategies, incident response planning, and policy controls to protect your GitLab platform |
How to Get an Accelerator
Accelerators are included with GitLab’s Advanced and Signature Success Tiers:
- Advanced tier: up to 2 Accelerators per year
- Signature tier: up to 4 Accelerators per year
To get started:
- Visit about.gitlab.com/services/ to learn about Success Tiers
- Purchase the Advanced or Signature tier
- Work with your assigned CSA to select and scope your first Accelerator
For the full interactive catalog, visit the GitLab Accelerator Marketplace.
Related Pages
- Success Tiers — tier overview and role mapping
- Customer Success Architects (CSA) — the team that delivers Accelerators
- Accelerator Development — internal guide for CSAs building new Accelerators
Last modified February 19, 2026: Create public Accelerator Catalog handbook page (
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