DevEx as a Service: Scaling DevOps Teams with Platform Engineering
Your DevOps team is a driving force for innovation. But is it possible to scale without friction? That's the real challenge.
DevEx as a service: Scaling DevOps teams with Platform Engineering is a practical guide for platform teams seeking to enhance developer experience (DevEx) while scaling effectively.
Written by Matthew Casperson, a 5-star published author and Platform Engineering expert, this book cuts straight to what matters when building an internal developer platform (IDP).
You'll learn how to:
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Define your platform's business value – articulate why your platform team exists and the ROI it delivers |
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Improve DevOps workflows – identify which friction points your IDP should eliminate first |
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Support internal customers – treat developers as customers and build platforms they actually want to use |
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Make smart trade-offs – balance short-term wins against long-term platform success |
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Cover the essentials – checklists for functional and non-functional requirements across the DevOps lifecycle |
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The handbook is designed for the founding members of platform teams in the early stages of implementation, complete with practical checklists to facilitate discussions and guide decisions.
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