Platform users stand on the proverbial shoulders of giants as they benefit from higher-level abstractions, reduced cognitive load, and lower friction. What is it like to be a giant, though? Building successful platforms isn't as simple as it looks. Sadly, too many platform initiatives that just relabel existing shared services are clearly doomed from the start. This talk looks at the main decisions and trade-offs you need to make when building an internal platform.
Speaker: Gregor Hohpe, Author Cloud Strategy.
Bio: As Director of Enterprise Strategy at AWS, Gregor helps technology leaders transform both their organization and their technology platform. You’ll find him riding the Architect Elevator from the engine room to the penthouse, perhaps automating serverless solutions in the morning and preparing board presentations in the afternoon. His favorite pastime is dissecting buzzwords and replacing them with meaningful decisions and architectural trade-offs.