Funding and staffing a platform team
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In this lesson
size a platform team and defend the investment.
Planned topics
- Start small with a few engineers and a product owner; grow with adoption.
- Compare cost with hours saved across teams and incidents avoided.
- Agree the funding model: central budget or chargeback, and why.
- Plan for support load, which grows with adoption.
Draft outline details
Demonstration
a back-of-envelope sheet: team of six costs X; saves 40 min a week for 160 engineers; payback in months.
Check your understanding
What should a platform business case compare?
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Platform team cost against time saved and incidents avoided across all users.
Practice
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