Board from our discussion today: # Platform Coffee - 2025-10-16: Platform as a Product - Participants: 13 - Note authors are hidden - [Link to board](https://scrumlr.io/board/303199c4-09e8-4054-8b85-33cb2bbb7e04) ## Topics (4 Notes) - When do you say no? - Who are your customers? - Do you have any way to measure customer satisfaction? - platform as product ## Done (5 Notes) - Do you have to have a dedicated product manager? - Recommended reading? Looking for books to read that focus on Platform engineering concepts. - What are the differences between building a platform for typical applications vs building a platform for GenAI applications? (If any?) - FFC - Is the top Predictor for Platform Success: Self-service? - Are inner-sourcing problems the same as open-source problems? ## Links/Info (13 Notes) - https://git-proxy.finos.org/ - Inner sourcing needs governance, needs contribution policies, and people dedicated to the open-source office who manage contributions. - Forking: It's harder to fork a platform than an open source project... you don't have access to underlying resources. - User Needs Mapping https://userneedsmapping.com/book/ - https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/platform-engineering/9781098153632/ Camille Fournier, Ian Nowland - Platform Engineering Pulse https://octopus.com/publications/platform-engineering-pulse - Domain Driven Design https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/domain-driven-design-tackling/0321125215/ - Platform Engineering https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/platform-engineering/9781098153632/ - Platform Strategy by Gregor Hohpe https://leanpub.com/platformstrategy - https://github.com/humanlayer/12-factor-agents - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/10/14/microsoft-raises-the-bar-a-smarter-way-to-measure-ai-for-cybersecurity/ - https://leanpub.com/platformstrategy - https://www.google.com/books/edition/Leadership_Is_Language/JzHJDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

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