Why and where to start with Platforms

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Why and Where to Start a Platform Engineering Team

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Matheus Head of Tech @ PicPay linkedin/matheuspaesp @matheuspaesp _ About me - -

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What is a Platform?

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"A digital platform is a foundation of self-service APIs, tools, services, knowledge and support which are arranged as a compelling internal product." - Evan Bottcher

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_ Starting from beginning - - Person act as a team High Experimentation Product Validation Find the audience target 1 The Garage Stage 2 The Scale-Up Stage Engineering Teams Security, Infrastructure concerns Expand users base Customer Success 3 The Big Leagues Platform teams Regulatory, Compliance issues Complex Ecosystem Sustainable Growth

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_ The big picture - - + IAC Code Quality SAST Storage Database Monitoring

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_ The role of platform team - - Decrease the cognitive load to improve the developer experience during their daily tasks

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_ Where to start - - Promote a self-service experience Provide automation and standards Integrations without frictions

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_ Where to start - - Infrastructure Monitoring/Oy11 Common functions as Services Development Cycle

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_ Development Cycle - - Release Build Test Operation Code

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_ Development Cycle - - Release Build Test Operation Code Internal Developer Platform Team

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_ Internal Developer Platform - - Software Catalog - Discovery Ecosystem Templates - Standardization DORA Metrics - Continuous Improvement Tools Integrated - Info centralization

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_ Development Cycle - - Release Build Test Operation Code Internal Developer Platform Team CI/CD Platform Team

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_ CI/CD Platform - - Unify and standardize test, build and deploy tasks in a well defined flow Consistency Scale Support wide-company changes +

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_ Development Cycle - - Release Build Test Operation Code Internal Developer Platform Team CI/CD Platform Team Test Automation Platform Team

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_ Test Automation Platform - - Promote the Quality as discipline Provide quality data for teams Guidelines Great experience using tools It is not a team formed only by QAs, developers and infrastructure engineers must be in the composition

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Don’t be so specific The platform is a product, treat it like one Communication and Support Is a long run Work with solid contracts Platform Teams are composed by generalists (T-Shaped) _ Some Advice - -

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_ References - - https://martinfowler.com/articles/talk-about-platforms.html https://backstage.io/ https://internaldeveloperplatform.org/ Team Topologies Book https://medium.com/inside-picpay/times-para-plataformizar-a-produtividade-das- pessoas-desenvolvedoras-d19a9a565db2 Promise Theory - Basic Concepts

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