Platform Building
Duration: Individual (typically 3-10 days)
Participants: Max. 8 people
Format: On-site preferred
Language: German (English on request)
Certificate: Included
Audience: MSPs & IT Teams
Consulting & hands-on combined
Polycrate Platform Building
Workshop
Consulting and hands-on combined: Infrastructure planning, SDLC and building internal development capabilities. Individually tailored to your organization.
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Workshop Overview
All important information about the Polycrate Platform Building Workshop at a glance.
Why Platform Building?
Complex Transformations
Legacy to cloud-native
Build internal platforms
Develop MSP services
Long-term Support
Knowledge transfer
Enablement not dependency
Topic Areas
Platform Building typically covers these areas - we adapt the focus to your needs.
Infrastructure Planning
Architecture Design
Analysis of existing infrastructure. Designing target architecture. Defining migration path.
Software Development Lifecycle
Optimize SDLC
Analyzing development processes. CI/CD strategies. Testing and quality gates.
Implementation
Build Together
Hands-on implementation with your team. No black box - full transparency.
On-Premise Setup
Your Infrastructure
Installation on your servers. Bare-metal or virtualized. Hybrid cloud scenarios.
Internal Capabilities
Knowledge Transfer
Enabling your team. Runbooks and documentation. Handover not dependency. A productised kit for buyer sites: Ship software to enterprise customers.
MSP Capabilities
Multi-Tenant Platforms
Platforms for your customers. White-label solutions. Scalable architectures.
Typical Process
How we structure a Platform Building project.
Discovery
Phase 1 - Analysis
Inventory. Defining goals. Stakeholder alignment. Scoping.
Design
Phase 2 - Blueprint
Architecture design. Technology decisions. Proof of concept if needed.
Build
Phase 3 - Implementation
Joint implementation. Iterative approach. Regular reviews.
Enable
Phase 4 - Enablement
Training your team. Documentation. Handover and go-live support.
Prerequisites
What we need for a successful Platform Building project.
Stakeholder Commitment
Management buy-in and dedicated resources. Clear decision paths.
Team Availability
Dedicated team members for the project duration. No part-time participation.
Infrastructure Access
Access to existing infrastructure. Ability to provision new systems.
Follow-up Workshops
These workshops complement a Platform Building project.
Software Compliance
ISMS integration
DORA, NIS-2 compliance
Compliance documents
Duration: 1 day
Platform Architecture
Enterprise platforms
Multi-cluster management
Develop IaC blocks
Duration: 2 days