Why internal platforms succeed or fail
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In this lesson
explain the patterns behind platforms that teams adopt versus platforms they avoid.
Planned topics
- Successful platforms solve a pain teams already feel and are easier than the alternative.
- Failed platforms are built for the platform team's interests or mandated without a better experience.
- Adoption is the success measure; a platform nobody uses is cost.
- A platform is a product with customers: the product teams.
Draft outline details
Demonstration
a two-column list of success and failure signs, with the Platform 2.0 start state: 14 pipeline variants, no shared service template.
Check your understanding
What is the main success measure of a platform?
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Voluntary adoption and the outcomes it improves for its users.
Practice
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