Platform Engineering Glossary Definition

Term Platform Engineering
Definition

Platform Engineering is a Cloud service-model concept used to describe how responsibility is divided between a provider and a consumer.

Platform Engineering is a DevOps platform concept used to standardize developer workflows, automate cloud operations, and make delivery capabilities available through self-service tools.
Context & Usage

Stakeholders use this concept when comparing responsibility, control, cost, and operational effort across cloud service offerings.

Related concepts include Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, Software as a Service and Cloud Computing.

Additional Resource: CNCF Cloud Native Glossary.

Platform teams use this concept to give developers reliable paved paths for building, deploying, observing, and operating services.

Related concepts include DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering.
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