Why Platform Teams?

Platform teams are the backbone of software development.?

They build a stable foundation, enhance developer productivity, and improve user experience.

Here's why they're essential:

They reduce the number of lines of code your dev write

They own and deliver key platform migrations like JS to TS, Java 8 to Java 11. Thus, your feature team can focus on building applications/features rather than worrying about underlying tech details. They set the eng platform

They determine: How fast you go to market?

They increase velocity and confidence of release by building necessary tools to manage and maintain metrics, alerts, insights, and others. They enable self-service and automation that empowers devs and orgs.

They reduce Time To Detection (TTD) & Time to Mitigation (TTM) for your incidents.

They are responsible for scalability, perf, and security of your organization. They build/integrate tools that reduce TTD and TTM. This includes end-to-end observability, automated monitoring, etc

Platform teams are the glue that binds feature and infrastructure teams together.?They gather feedback, iterate on capabilities and work tirelessly to evolve with organizational constraints.

It's a tough job, but someone has to do it.

Platform teams do it all.?

From creating APIs and frameworks that simplify complexity to maintaining development environments, deployment pipelines, and infrastructure – they're the ones who make reusable components a reality.

Scaling your organization at lightning speed? High-growth companies need a platform team to succeed.

Are you part of a platform team?

I would love to hear from you for my next talk: What was your team's main challenge?

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