Building Platforms Through Customer Value: Yes, You Can
summary
Claim: treat platform is a product and ship measurable customer value continuously by building thin end-to-end slices that include docs, templates, charts and jobs. Practical tools: use scripts hooks and IDP/backstage to automate, enable and empower teams. Process uses short iterations, joint planning boards, MVP→TVP slices, and developer experience checks; outcome is rising platform adoption and a clear correlation between usage and developer satisfaction, turning “replace the engine while driving” into an incremental, value-driven migration.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:04Early failures
- 4:00Platform success principles
- 6:35MVP vs TVP
- 7:39Developer collaboration
- 9:52Incident management
- 11:37Sharing and visibility
- 12:44Three key principles
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