What the heck is Platform-as-a-Product? - How product thinking drives your platform maturity

This talk explores the concept of treating platforms as products, focusing on the insights from the Cloud Native Computing Foundations (CNCF) Platform Engineering Maturity Model. The speaker, Dominik Kress, a Technical Product Manager at Giant Swarm, addresses the nuances of applying product thinking within the platform space while acknowledging the lack of a one-size-fits-all solution. He guides the audience through fundamental product concepts and values essential for developing a mature platform. Key questions discussed include the definition of Platform-as-a-Product and practical starting points for implementing product management principles in platform engineering.