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TeamTopologies.com @TeamTopologies From Fragile to Antifragile Internal Platforms Manuel Pais co-author of Team Topologies PlatformCon - 10-14 June 2024 @manupaisable

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2 A product has clear revenue and unclear costs (usually)

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3 A platform (as a product) has clear costs and unclear revenue (usually)

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4 clarify platform value (and product costs) Photo by Piret Ilver on Unsplash

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5 A valuable platform reduces the cognitive load of stream-aligned teams.

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7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwaRKcjkAAo

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8 The platform acts as an engine for fast flow by increasing capacity & speed of engineering teams

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9 Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash

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10 Establishing solid platform engineering is a journey, requires long term funding.

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11 https://financialdesignstudio.com/understanding-stock-market-and-economic-cycles

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12 Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Fragile platforms

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“ Antifragility is a property of systems in which they increase in capability to thrive as a result of stressors, shocks, volatility, noise, mistakes, faults, attacks, or failures.” Nassim Taleb 13

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14 Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Stressor #1: Unhappy internal customers

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15 Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Stressor #1: Unhappy internal customers Stressor #2: Hard to quantify business impact

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16 Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Stressor #1: Unhappy customers Stressor #2: Hard to quantify business impact Stressor #3: Decision makers unaware of platform value

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Four pillars for platform sustainability 17

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18 1 Trusted platform Platform (services and team s) are trusted by product team s 2 Shared success stories Successes using the platform need to be shared w idely (qualitative value) 3 Internal confidence M etrics on platform adoption, user satisfaction, reliability 4 External confidence P&L m etrics around ROI, cost (control), tim e to m arket, flow

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19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwaRKcjkAAo

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20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwaRKcjkAAo BIZ LANGUAGE

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22 ● teams onboard the platform ● applications using the platform ● traffic served by the platform ● ... Adoption Metrics

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23 ● teams onboard the platform ● applications using the platform ● traffic served by the platform ● revenue served through platform services 👀👀👀 Adoption Metrics

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25 ● new engineers shipping to production on week 1 Shared Success Stories

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26 ● new engineers shipping to production on week 1 ● reduced cloud costs by 10% across services thanks to cheaper instances 👀👀👀 Shared Success Stories

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27 Focus on the “last mile” of platform as a product: measure generated value.

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28 Understand business cycles and incentives for funding.

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29 Show past ROI and (forecast) future value of platform.

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“ transforming internal platforms from mere technical solutions into strategic assets, fostering a collective understanding and appreciation across stakeholders” Sridhar Kotagiri & Ajay Chankramath 30 Measuring the Value of Your Internal Developer Platform Investments

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31 Growing Internal Platforms as Engines for Fast Flow (1-day training)

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32 Copyright © Team Topologies Ltd 2024. All rights reserved. teamtopologies.com/ platform-engineering “Platform Engineering as a Way of Thinking and Team-of-Teams Design”