1. Compose a team. If the client decides to and has the opportunity to compose his team in a kind of partnering arrangement, this should be done before working intensively with the brief and applying the VVC method. It is not necessary, although it is of great benefit, to have all the project partners involved in the VVC method. For more information on how to compose the team, the reader is advised to look into partnering articles [eg 29, 30].