Platform engineering is the discipline of designing and building toolchains and workflows that enable self-service capabilities for software engineering organizations in the cloud-native era.

Platform Engineering

Symptoms, that there is a Platform missing - compared to buying a car: <https://khalasa.com/2023/05/symptoms-that-there-is-a-platform-missing-and-what-to-do-with-it/|https://khalasa.com/2023/05/symptoms-that-there-is-a-platform-missing-and-what-to-do-with-it/>

Enjoy! :) I hope this will help you convince managers to build IDP and operate it properly. 