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Platform Engineering for Execs: Team Topologies, Tools, and Tradeoffs Sarah Wells Independent Consultant and Author Daniel Bryant Product Marketing Paula Kennedy Co-founder and COO

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tl;dr ● Execs are now being told to “do more with less” ● App dev teams need to go faster, decrease risk, and scale effectively ● Platforms can provide high leverage… ● But clear leadership must be provided ● People, tooling, and tradeoffs are the keys to success

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Our panelists for today! Sarah Wells Independent Consultant and Author Daniel Bryant, Product Marketing @ Syntasso Paula Kennedy Co-Founder and COO @ Syntasso

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Our panelists for today! Sarah Wells Independent Consultant and Author Daniel Bryant, Product Marketing @ Syntasso Paula Kennedy Co-Founder and COO @ Syntasso

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Our panelists for today! Sarah Wells Independent Consultant and Author Daniel Bryant, Product Marketing @ Syntasso Paula Kennedy Co-Founder and COO @ Syntasso

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Setting the scene

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Platform engineering and the Gartner Hype Cycle ● By 2026, 80% of large software engineering organizations will establish platform engineering teams ○ Gartner Top 10 Strategic Tech Trends 2024 ● Treat your platform as a product ○ Delivering value through customer focus ○ Thoughtworks Insights ● How do we lead this transformation?

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We’re starting to hear of failures and challenges

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Let’s gather around the fire

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When and how to start building a platform (team and leadership) within an organisation? Comfortable? Let’s begin…

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How to measure the progress and impact of platform engineering? Comfortable? Let’s begin…

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Why and what to communicate about platform usage across the org? (e.g. getting buy-in for platform and tooling work vs feature delivery) Comfortable? Let’s begin…

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What about Team Topologies uptake? (are “dual-purpose” platform and enablement teams common?) Comfortable? Let’s begin…

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How important is platform tooling (and the CNCF landscape) Comfortable? Let’s begin…

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Wrap up

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“Enabling Microservices Success” is available in all good bookshops and online via O’Reilly A big thank you to Sarah!

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Thank you & additional information Platform Engineering: Orchestrating Applications, Platforms, and Infrastructure (bit.ly/3UNxQei ) How to Take the First Step Towards Self Serve Internal Developer Platforms (bit.ly/4bLMzMD ) Platform Orchestrators: The Missing Middle of Internal Developer Platforms? (bit.ly/3URBoML )