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June 10

Maturing your platform engineering initiative

This session will be an exploration (with examples) of how the CNCF platform maturity model can be used as part of a toolbox to help guide organizations in progressing toward an improved platform engineering setup.

Kubernetes (K8s) tends to be one of the first tools reached for when building platforms and supporting platform engineering initiatives. But success relies on much more than just making K8s easier for developers to consume. Working out how to balance people, process, policy, and technology within a unique organizational context is key to uncovering a feasible and sustainable path forward.

This talk will explore how the CNCF platform maturity model can be used as part of a toolbox to help guide organizations through such journeys. We begin by identifying a few common scenarios organizations find themselves starting in, and map this onto the model. Then, leveraging our experience of having partnered with different organizations on their platform engineering journeys, we plot out a few paths and options which can help organizations practically move towards achieving desired business outcomes.

Nicki Watt
CEO & CTO, OpenCredo
Nicki Watt

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