Effective Collaboration between Platform Teams and Stream-aligned Teams in Team Topologies, as Realized by Monotaro x Creationline
summary
Monotarou and Creationline describe building an internal platform using an inner-source patternbook, onboarding start guides, contributor-focused documentation, and mob-programming workshops to close knowledge gaps. Governance follows a Shape Up–adapted process with a P-product meeting for pitching and betting, producing concrete results like a job-application template, GKE support, standardized CI, over 16 consuming teams and ~170 contributors, and a measurable reduction in development effort through iterative feedback.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:47Making tools usable
- 8:04InnerSource foundation
- 10:11Golden paths alignment
- 13:27Stream-aligned dialogue
- 15:14Shape Up adoption
- 17:22Process improvements
- 18:04Achieved outcomes
- 19:08Summary
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