People, Processes, Power, and Performance with Platform Engineering | Ep 120 with Steve Fenton

According to the Gartner Hype Cycle, By 2026, 80% of large software engineering organizations will establish platform engineering teams as internal providers of reusable services, components, and tools for application delivery — up from 45% in 2022, What’s causing the sudden flux of interest What companies can value and envision from, what could go wrong with platform engineering hype.

This episode is about independent research by( Saim Safdar CNCF Ambassador and Steve Fenton Developer Advocate at Octopus Deploy) on "The business and technical motivations for Platform Engineering" where we collected data beginning of this year and thanks to everyone who participated, our data is reflected and emphasized.

- Teams are focussing on too few features for a platform, platforms are more successful with more features in general, though precision in feature selection is more important than “trying to do everything”

- The top reason for platform adoption is to “improve efficiency” and cost control is a great practical thing to track to demonstrate progress. A platform that pays for itself is going to have a safe budget over the longer term.

- Talking to platform users regularly (at least monthly, but weekly or daily is better) predicts higher success - user-centricity will not only lead to success but will also keep platforms light as they’ll have fewer unused features.

- There are common themes around deployment pipelines, but the worst outcome from the research would be people creating carbon copies. Some of the top-rated platforms had just 3 features, yet achieved “all goals” for adoption.

Welcome to @cloudnativefm, the podcast where we explore all things platform engineering, technology trends, and the role of modern platforms in transforming enterprise operations.

Platform engineering is shaping how organizations scale, innovate, and optimize developer productivity while navigating the challenges of an evolving digital landscape. We’ll explore how these four key elements—People, Processes, Power, and Performance—come together to drive success in platform engineering.

Joining us today is Steve Fenton, a Developer Advocate at Octopus Deploy, who will share insights on how these elements play a critical role in achieving business goals.


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Developer Advocate @OctopusDeploy
👋 https://x.com/_stevefenton 👋

Steve Fenton is an Octonaut at Octopus Deploy, a DORA community guide, and a six-time Microsoft MVP with more than two decades of experience in software delivery. He has written books on TypeScript (Apress, InfoQ), Octopus Deploy, and web operations. Steve has worked in the role of software engineer, software development engineer in test( SDET), development manager, and director of product and data in a range of startups, small businesses, and enterprises.

The Newstack 👋 https://thenewstack.io/author/steve-fenton/👋
How To Measure Platform Engineering
🔗 https://thenewstack.io/how-to-measure-platform-engineering/
8 Real-World Reasons To Adopt Platform Engineering
🔗 https://thenewstack.io/8-real-world-reasons-to-adopt-platform-engineering/

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▬▬▬▬▬▬ ⏱️ Chapters ⏱️ ▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 Host Intro
0:26 Platform Engineering Hype
1:21 Welcoming Steve Fenton 👋
2:10 Independent Research on Business and Technical Motivations for Platform Engineering
3:30 Intro of Octopus Deploy
5:00 Codefresh Joins @OctopusDeploy Family
5:50 Research in CNCF Platform Working Group
8:10 Importance of Cross-Functional Team in Platform Engineering?
11:00 Independent Research on Platform Engineering
14:40 BOX and WHISKER PLOTS (Representing Research Results)
19:00 What Should a Platform Include or Standardize?
24:00 Using platform engineering to optimize their cloud spending and performance?
28:00. Metrics to monitor to ensure the platform's optimal performance and continuous feedback?
32:00 How to measure Platform Engineering
33:30 White Paper Coming Soon Platform Engineering
35:45 Steve as a Platform Consultancy
36:30 Subscribe to @cloudnativefm
37:00 Thanks for watching

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