How to Structure a Platform Team – An Illustrative Model

Platform teams are an integral part of an IT solution delivery organization.  Every IT organization has a way of structuring its platform team based on its context and multiple considerations, including alignment with the Development or Operations of other units, position in the reporting hierarchy, business portfolio alignment – common vs. federated setup, etc.  However, one thing that is likely to be common across these structures for platform teams is that it is a common service provider to the Dev and Ops teams. It is most likely a ‘horizontal’ team providing tooling support, frameworks, platforms, and even standards and benchmarks for the solution delivery and operations teams.

This article describes an illustrative model to structure the platform team and outlines the team’s responsibilities, metrics, and approach to Governance.