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Platform Engineering & DevEx Strategy Workshop
VP Engineering, Platform Leads, Engineering ManagersPlatform engineering strategy, golden path specifications, DevEx baseline

Design internal developer platforms and golden paths that accelerate delivery, improve developer experience, and create standardised pathways.

...platform teams who built beautiful internal tools — and product teams who didn't use them because the golden path was harder than the dirt road. A platform isn't technology. It's a product — and your developers...

2 DaysStrategic Design
DevEx ImprovementTeam Velocity
Platform EngineeringDeveloper ExperienceInternal Developer PlatformGolden PathsView Details
Platform Thinking
Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)5-6 hoursPlatform strategy canvas + internal platform design guide + shared capability register

How to shift from building one-off solutions to building reusable internal platforms — shared foundations that allow teams to deliver independently without solving the same problems repeatedly.

...storage, processing. Data catalogue, streaming connectors. Developer tools — templates, documentation, golden paths. Service templates, API scaffolding. Platform maturity levels: L0: Documented — wiki pages...

1 DayIntensive
CurrentSA · EA · TS
ArchitecturePlatformDeveloper ExperienceInternal PlatformsSelf ServiceView Details
Operating Model Choices
Advanced (EA, TS)5-6 hoursOperating model design canvas + team topology guide + Conway's Law application worksheet + Communication Structure Heatmap

How the structure of technology teams shapes the structure of the systems they build — covering Conway's Law, centralised vs federated models, platform teams, product operating models, team topologies, and designing the organisation that produces the architecture you want.

...They don't write application-level security logic. Developer experience — templates, documentation, golden paths. They don't build features. Platform success metrics: Adoption rate — % of teams using the...

1 DayIntensive
StrategicEA · TS
ArchitectureOperating ModelConway's LawTeam TopologiesPlatform TeamsStrategyView Details
Technology Strategy & Architecture Strategy
Advanced (EA, TS)5-6 hoursTechnology strategy vs architecture strategy distinction map + strategy brief template

How to distinguish technology strategy from architecture strategy, connect both to business strategy, and define a coherent direction for the organisation's technology investments.

...layer (event broker, API gateway). Q3: Data mesh (domain ownership, quality gates). Q4: Self-service (golden paths, templates)." Architecture strategy = vision + principles + direction + boundaries + sequence...

1.5 DaysIntensive
StrategicEA · TS
ArchitectureTechnology StrategyBusiness StrategyDirectionEnterprise ContextView Details
Standards & Reference Architectures
Intermediate (SA, EA)4-5 hoursReference architecture library starter + standards register + architecture principles catalogue

How to create, govern, and operationalise architecture standards and reference architectures — the agreed patterns and structures that create consistency, reduce duplication, and accelerate delivery at scale.

...Self-service platform Teams provision and configure without central support Internal developer platform with golden paths The adoption test: If teams have to build it from a document → low adoption. If teams can...

1 dayIntensive
PracticalStandards exercise
ArchitectureEnterprise ContextStandardsReference ArchitectureGovernanceConsistencyView Details
Technology, Infrastructure, Cloud & Security Design
Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA)6-8 hoursInfrastructure decision framework + cloud pattern reference + security controls map

Where abstract architecture meets physical reality — choosing the platforms, compute, networking, and security controls that make the solution work at scale.

...Shiny object syndrome — new technology adopted without clear need. Fix: prove the need before the tool. Golden hammer — one technology used for everything. Fix: different problems need different tools. Vendor...

2 DaysIntensive
PracticalSA · EA
ArchitectureSolution DesignCloudInfrastructureSecurityFinOpsView Details