This IDC PeerScape draws on interviews with IT leaders from multiple enterprises who have overseen successful platform engineering initiatives to provide guidance on how businesses may best approach the adoption of platform engineering and the implementation of an IDP. By highlighting key challenges that they have faced and their strategies for overcoming them, this document identifies best practices that will enhance the ability of the typical business to implement an IDP that delivers true value over the long term."Platform engineering solves many challenges, but it also creates some new ones," says Chris Tozzi, adjunct research advisor for IDC's IT Executive Programs (IEP). "Mitigating those challenges starts with adopting best practices that streamline the value provided by platform engineering and IDPs."
- IDC PeerScape Figure
- Executive Summary
- Peer Insights
- Practice 1: Expect to Deploy Multiple Software Components — Open Source, Commercial, and/or Self-Developed — to Build an IDP
- Challenge
- Examples
- ZTE
- Global Insurance Provider
- Nokia
- Guidance
- Practice 2: Scan IDPs for Sensitive Data and Security Risks, Then Implement Access Controls to Manage Diverse Compliance Needs
- Challenge
- Examples
- ZTE
- Global Insurance Provider
- Nokia
- Guidance
- Practice 3: Engage Developers to Determine Which Solutions They Most Value, Then Implement Cost Controls in the IDP
- Challenge
- Examples
- ZTE
- Global Insurance Provider
- Nokia
- Guidance
- Practice 4: Test and Optimize Existing Solutions Before Adding New Ones, Then Host Solutions on Scalable Infrastructure
- Challenge
- Examples
- ZTE
- Global Insurance Provider
- Nokia
- Guidance
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