If you want your organization to start moving toward a more efficient and streamlined digital transformation, platform engineering is the only way to go. However, without a defined roadmap, most organizations will pretty quickly feel like they\u2019ve wandered into the tech wilderness without a GPS. According to the State of DevOps Report 2023, it takes, on average, three years for platform engineering to start showing tangible results\u2014but, in reality, the majority of companies will be struggling for a lot longer.<\/p>\n
Getting platform engineering right will help organizations create an environment that energizes their teams to develop solutions more efficiently and with greater reliability, ultimately driving business growth. Below, I have set out some of the critical steps that organizations need to take to ensure that the right guardrails are put in place to achieve all of the benefits of platform engineering whilst avoiding some of the common pitfalls.<\/p>\n
Step 1: Define Governance \u2013 Creating Order Amidst the Chaos Before embarking on your platform engineering journey, it is crucial to define an effective governance framework. So many organizations attempt to implement new strategies without having a clear understanding of the whos, hows and whats of their processes, which has the net result of creating further complexity.<\/p>\n