World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 10, 2026 • Session details

Stop Renaming Teams, Start Product Thinking: A PM's Guide to Platform-as-a-Product

Dominik Schmidle

Without proven financial value, executives will view your internal platform as just another cost center. Escape the reactive service desk trap by treating your infrastructure as a product.

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Pivoting product strategy toward platform engineering

Alejandro Albuerne

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Adopting a continuous product management mindset for platforms

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Designing internal developer platforms and product team responsibilities

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Shifting focus from platform engineering to developer productivity

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Summarizing the organizational benefits of platform engineering

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