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Project 1.5: Envision TaskFlow Platform

Apply DevOps thinking to envision TaskFlow, your bootcamp reference application that you'll build over 20 weeks.

45 minutes
platform-engineering/devops-fundamentals
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Lab Overview

🛠 Lab from the Platform Engineering Bootcamp. Used in Week 1. Bootcamp landing page: https://academy.tekanaid.com/bootcamps/platform-engineering-bootcamp Parent course(s):

  • Week 1: DevOps & Platform Engineering Overview (slug: devops-platform-engineering-overview)

In this project, you'll apply the DevOps culture principles you've learned to create a vision for TaskFlow, the task management platform you'll build throughout the bootcamp.

This isn't just a planning exercise - it's your first practice thinking like a platform engineer who understands both technical and business perspectives. You'll define what TaskFlow should be, who it serves, and how it creates value.

By the end of this project, you'll have:

  • A clear vision for the TaskFlow platform
  • Core features with business justification
  • User stories from a DevOps perspective
  • Success metrics to measure platform value

This is also the first lab where your work gets pushed to your own GitHub repository (forked in the previous lesson) instead of staying on the lab VM. Every TaskFlow lab from here forward builds on that same repo.

What You'll Learn

Define core product requirements and user stories for a platform engineering project

Prioritize features using effort-impact analysis for an MVP release

Create a project backlog with acceptance criteria for each feature

Establish success metrics that measure platform adoption and developer experience

Prerequisites

Understanding of DevOps culture and principles

Basic knowledge of task management concepts

Completed the "Get Access to Your TaskFlow Repository" lesson (GitHub org access requested, taskflow forked)

Technologies Covered

devopsplatform-engineeringproduct-thinkingtaskflowvision

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