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Developer Onboarding Best Practices for Platform Engineering Teams
Begin with Basics Let Them Know What’s What Clarify Expectations Assign a Buddy Offer Necessary Resources Promote Continuous Learning DASA Platform Engineering DASA Platform Engineering certification program ensures all stakeholders become champions of Platform Engineering, clearly articulating its value. It enables teams to align the platform vision with organizational goals, treat the platform as a…
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Key Steps for Evangelizing Your Platform
1. Understand Your Platform 2. Define Your Audience 3. Develop Compelling Messaging 4. Build a Community 5. Educate and Train 6. Demonstrate Success Stories 7. Engage with Decision-Makers 8. Gather Feedback and Iterate 9. Measure and Report 10. Adapt and Evolve DASA Platform Engineering DASA Platform Engineering certification program ensures all stakeholders become champions of…
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Customer-Centric Thinking: How Empathy and Usability Drive Product Success
It’s a philosophy where the customer’s needs, preferences, and satisfaction are the driving force behind every decision in the product’s lifecycle. The goal is to create a product that not only meets but exceeds customer expectations, leading to long-term loyalty and success. Core Characteristics of Customer Centricity Empathy This means genuinely understanding your customers’ perspective.…
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What Is a Siloed Organization? Effects on Collaboration and Business Agility
Imagine a company divided into separate departments (like marketing, sales, IT, etc.) that act like isolated silos. Each team works independently, with strong boundaries between them. There’s minimal direct communication or collaboration. This leads to a “throw it over the wall” mentality where one team completes a task and simply hands it off to the…
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Stakeholder Management in Platform Engineering: A Step-by-Step Guide
Managing your stakeholders is an iterative process that incorporates the followingsteps in each cycle: Step 1: Identify Stakeholders Step 2: Analyze Stakeholders Step 3: Plan Stakeholder Engagement Step 4: Engage Stakeholders Step 5: Monitor Stakeholders Step 6: Evaluate Effectiveness DASA Platform Engineering DASA Platform Engineering certification program ensures all stakeholders become champions of Platform Engineering,…
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Skills Essential for a Highly Technical Internal Development Platform
The internal development platform is a highly technical product that clearly focuses on automation, abstraction, and extensibility. Various skills must be available directly within the Platform Engineering team to achieve this. In terms of engineering capabilities, as mentioned earlier, there is a need to have a core foundation in DevOps and infrastructure within the Platform…
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A Platform Team as the Solution to DevOps Anti-Types
Organizations can sometimes engage in bad practices when adopting DevOps, which can actually hinder the successful adoption of a DevOps culture and mindset. Addressing the DevOps Anti-Types How These Solutions Address the Anti-Types DASA Platform Engineering DASA Platform Engineering certification program ensures all stakeholders become champions of Platform Engineering, clearly articulating its value. It enables…
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Platform Engineering Rises from DevOps
Platform engineering stems from DevOps, which is about collaboration. It is about developer acceleration, where the whole objective is that Platform Engineering will create a fabric where developers can become autonomous. Through the use of that fabric and close collaboration with development teams, we’ll be able to promote the continuous improvement of this platform, which…
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Leadership Pattern: Invest in Platform Teams and Accelerate the IT Function
The autonomy of teams is supported by the ability to operate as independent teams. The way to achieve autonomy through DevOps is by setting up teams (Business System teams) structured around distinct services and products, as shown in the following figure. The guidance of architects is of great help when setting up teams, such as…