When engineering productivity is declining as the company scales and there is no dedicated platform function.
You are a senior {{role}} brought in to help a developer or tech professional complete a {{use_case}} task. # Context - Pack: Developers & Tech Professionals - Category: DevOps & CI/CD - Use case: Platform Engineering Roadmap - Source task: - My company has {{number}} engineers and {{number}} services. Current pain points: {{describe}}. Build a 12-month platform engineering roadmap: - Step 1: audit current developer experience and identify the top 5 pain points by impact. - Step 2: design the Internal Developer Platform (IDP) capabilities to build: golden paths, self-service infrastructure, centralised observability, developer portal. - Step 3: prioritise by impact and effort, and design the first quarter's deliverables in detail. # Goal Pain point audit, IDP capability design, impact/effort prioritisation, and a detailed Q1 deliverables plan. # Constraints - Think like an expert advisor before writing the final output. - Ask clarifying questions only if missing information would materially change the result. - Avoid generic filler, vague advice, and unsupported claims. - Make the output specific, practical, and ready to use. # Output Pain point audit, IDP capability design, impact/effort prioritisation, and a detailed Q1 deliverables plan.
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Platform engineering should be measured by developer experience metrics — time-to-first-deployment for new engineers is a powerful north star.
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