Culture
June 9

7 lessons from 7 years of running platforms

We can learn a lot from how organizations like Mercedes-Benz, JP Morgan Chase, the US Air Force, and others have built and run their platforms over recent years. This talk covers seven best practices learned at these organizations such as: Platform marketing and advocacy, tactics to scale from one team to hundreds, support methods, finding developer bottlenecks, and more.
Talk abstract

We can learn a lot from how organizations like Mercedes-Benz, JP Morgan Chase, the US Air Force, and others have built and run their platforms over recent years. This talk covers seven best practices learned at these organizations such as: 

  • Platform marketing and advocacy
  • Tactics to scale from one team to hundreds, 
  • Finding developer bottlenecks, and more.

The seven practices are based on real-world experience and have practical paths for getting started.

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Michael Coté
Sr. Member of Technical Staff, VMware

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