Learn how platform teams communicate with stream-aligned teams, manage platform contracts, and handle deprecations.
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When a platform team deprecates a service, which communication is most important first?
Good deprecation communication includes a clear sunset timeline and migration guide published well before the removal date.
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Which phrase best describes a 'platform contract' with consuming teams?
A platform contract defines what the platform team commits to maintain: stable interfaces, uptime SLAs, and supported versions.
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In platform engineering, 'cognitive load' refers to:
Reducing cognitive load on product developers is a primary goal of platform engineering - hiding complexity behind self-service tools.
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What is a 'developer experience (DX) survey' used for in platform teams?
DX surveys gather structured feedback from internal developer customers to identify platform pain points and prioritise improvements.
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Which DORA metric measures how quickly a team can recover from a production failure?
MTTR (Mean Time to Recovery) is one of the four DORA metrics measuring how long it takes to restore service after a production incident.
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Sarah, a Platform Team member, is discussing the upcoming migration of the legacy billing service with the Finance team. Which communication method would be most effective for conveying the potential disruption and outlining the new API endpoints?
Slack messages are ideal for quick, informal updates and discussions, particularly when involving multiple teams. Sending a formal email would be too verbose and potentially difficult to follow quickly for non-technical stakeholders. A code review is focused on the codebase itself, not broader communication needs. Jira tickets are better suited for tracking tasks and requests.
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During a platform team retrospective, David asks: 'How do we ensure consuming teams understand the limitations of our internal service, ServiceA?' Which statement best describes the concept of a 'platform contract'?
A 'platform contract' is fundamentally about establishing clear agreements. It's not just documentation or specifications; it's a shared understanding of what the platform team *will* and *won't* provide, along with the expected behaviors of consuming teams. This prevents misunderstandings and reduces friction when ServiceA evolves.
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As a Platform Engineer, you're helping a team struggling with performance issues after deploying a new feature. You overhear a conversation where the team lead says: 'We're overloaded with information – we can't possibly process all these alerts and metrics!' What does this comment most likely refer to?
'Cognitive load' is a key concept in platform engineering that describes the amount of mental effort required to process information. When overwhelmed with alerts and metrics, developers have difficulty making effective decisions. The other options represent potential issues, but not the root cause of being overloaded.
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The Platform Team is planning a new initiative to improve developer onboarding. They decide to run a 'developer experience (DX) survey'. What is the primary purpose of this survey?
A 'developer experience (DX) survey' is specifically designed to evaluate how easy it is for developers to use and interact with a platform. It focuses on usability, efficiency, and perceived friction – ultimately aiming to improve the overall developer workflow.
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Liam is reviewing code submitted by a consuming team. The PR description states: 'This change improves performance for users in Europe.' Which DORA metric does this statement *most* directly relate to?
'Time to Restore Service (TTSR)' measures how quickly a team can recover from a production failure. A change that improves performance, particularly in a geographically specific area like Europe, directly impacts the ability to mitigate and resolve incidents impacting users – therefore relating strongly to TTSR.
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