Platform Engineering Strategy Workshop
Design a platform engineering strategy for a growing tech startup, defining team structure and capabilities.
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 strategic lab, you'll take on the role of a platform engineering consultant helping a fast-growing startup build their first internal developer platform (IDP).
You'll learn to think strategically about platform engineering by addressing real challenges: What capabilities should a platform provide? How should platform teams be structured? What's the right balance between self-service and support?
This lab teaches the business and organizational thinking that separates platform engineers from traditional infrastructure engineers.
By the end of this lab, you'll understand how to:
- Assess developer experience gaps and platform opportunities
- Design platform capabilities that accelerate development teams
- Structure platform teams for maximum impact
- Create a platform roadmap aligned with business goals
What You'll Learn
Assess developer experience gaps and identify high-impact platform opportunities
Design Internal Developer Platform capabilities that address the top developer pain points
Structure a platform engineering team with clear roles and interaction models
Create a golden path specification and self-service catalog with measurable adoption metrics
Prerequisites
understanding of software development lifecycle
familiarity with common development challenges
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