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Explain platform-as-a-product, golden paths and developer cognitive load
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Platform Engineering Assessment
Assess platform product thinking, golden paths, self-service automation, service catalogues, governance and developer experience.
Objective: Measure whether platform capabilities reduce cognitive load while maintaining security, reliability and ownership.
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Assessment scope and competencies
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Describe service catalogues, templates, policy guardrails and observability
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03
Connect product discovery, adoption metrics and operating models
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Scenario and practical challenges
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Design a secure self-service environment workflow
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02
Prioritise a platform roadmap from developer pain points
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03
Handle exceptions without creating uncontrolled manual processes
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Scoring and evidence standards
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Score user value, technical quality, governance and measurable outcomes
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02
Require ownership boundaries and support models
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03
Evaluate adoption, lead time and reliability indicators
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Improvement and readiness plan
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Create an evidence-based platform backlog
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02
Prototype one golden path
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03
Reassess against measurable developer-flow outcomes
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