Unpacking the data behind a high-performance platform | Charlotte Fleming
Platform scope has exploded from 4 to 23 capabilities in about 18 months, and mandatory adoption is turning out to be linked with high-performing platform teams. In this interview, Sam Barlien speaks to Charlotte Fleming, Researcher at Octopus Deploy, who breaks down the findings of The Future of Platform Engineering report, from what high performers do differently to why feedback channels and developer satisfaction matter more than ever. Read Octopus Deploy's The Future of Platform Engineering report here: https://octopus.com/publications/future-of-platform-engineering-report 0:00 Intro: Charlotte Fleming and the report 2:13 How the survey was designed 4:52 Findings that defied expectations 7:01 What changed since the last report 9:36 Platform breadth: from 4 to 23 capabilities 13:41 Is platform scope getting too complex? 16:16 Why platforms are key to AI success 17:44 How high-performing platforms were defined 19:40 Only 3 of 650 said their platform works 21:15 What high performers do differently 23:46 Slack vs. PRs: the feedback channel that works 24:46 Why platforms over three years old succeed more 29:05 The cost of not measuring developer satisfaction 31:28 Treating your platform as a product 34:21 Mandatory vs. optional adoption 40:49 The future of platform engineering 43:21 Is AI competing with platform budgets? 46:23 Final advice: start measuring Ready to go deeper? 🚀 Get your copy of the book, Thinking in Platforms, and discover how to build platforms that scale with everything this report shows is coming: https://weaveintelligence.io/thinking-in-platforms-book Follow us on LinkedIn! https://www.linkedin.com/company/platform-engineering-org Community Slack channel: https://platformengineering.org/slack-rd And don't stop there! Continue your platform engineering journey with Platform Engineering University, where you'll find courses built to help you design, measure and grow a platform your developers actually love: https://university.platformengineering.org/ #PlatformEngineering #DeveloperExperience #DevOps