World Congress 2023 • Sep 21, 2023

Reducing Cognitive Overload Through Platform Engineering

Llywelyn Griffith-Swain

How did Vodafone cut time-to-production from months to under 20 minutes for 7,000 software engineers? By building a zero-touch engineering platform that eliminates cognitive overload.

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