Our Platform Engineering Maturity Assessment is a cross-functional resource designed for engineering, operations, security, and data teams to benchmark their Internal Developer Platform (IDP) capabilities. It functions as a practical framework for identifying technical friction, reducing cognitive load, and creating an executable roadmap for platform evolution.

Core Components

Maturity Assessment Matrix: A structured audit tool covering five critical pillars—Strategy, Self-Service, Automation, Security, and Adoption—to establish a baseline across the engineering organisation.

Actionable Insight Logic: Every assessment question is paired with a specific technical recommendation; if a category scores less than 3, the worksheet provides an immediate tactical step to bridge the gap.

90-Day Strategic Roadmap: A phased execution plan that moves from stabilising CI/CD foundations to building unified developer portals and automated FinOps practices.

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Further Information – Technical Coverage

The assessment provides detailed guidance on the following topics:

Strategy & Product Mindset: Moving from 'Project' to 'Product' delivery, establishing North Star metrics, and conducting user research with internal developers.

Self-Service & Discovery: Implementing 'Golden Paths' to allow developers to provision infrastructure, databases, and clusters without manual intervention or ticketing.

Automation & Orchestration: Standardising Infrastructure as Code (IaC), reusable pipeline libraries, and reducing the 'Cognitive Load' on application teams.

Security & Guardrails: Integrating 'Invisible Security' through policy-as-code, automated SAST/DAST scanning, and just-in-time IAM access.

Adoption & InnerSourcing: Strategies for building an organic community around the platform, including feedback loops and simplified contribution guides.

Observability & DX: Instrumenting DORA metrics and Developer Experience (DX) scores to quantify platform value and identify friction points.

Platform Operations (Platform Ops): Managing secret rotation, automated audit evidence capture, and establishing 'Office Hours' for proactive support.

Post-Implementation Optimisation: Advanced methods for semantic caching (where applicable), cost attribution, and automated resource right-sizing.

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