Advisory group

As explained in Effective Platform Engineering

An advisory group is a representative group that provides guidance and strategic feedback about a product, platform, or initiative.

An advisory group is a representative group that provides guidance and strategic feedback about a product, platform, or initiative. In platform engineering, it creates an ongoing dialogue with development teams and stakeholders, adding qualitative insight to quantitative measures such as deployment frequency and lead time. section 10.1.3

Use an advisory group to:

• Surface usability problems, unclear workflows, documentation gaps, and team-specific needs that metrics may miss. section 10.1.3
• Connect platform improvements with user needs, adoption, satisfaction, and the experience of being heard. section 10.1.3

Platform feedback loop

A platform team combines advisory-group discussions with surveys, interviews, and community forums. It uses the resulting qualitative feedback to interpret performance metrics and prioritize platform enhancements. section 10.1.3

Figure 10.3 Feedback loop ecosystem for the platform engineering team, enabling comprehensive end-user-driven development

Use the feedback-loop ecosystem diagram to see how advisory groups fit alongside surveys, interviews, and community forums. section 10.1.3

How Effective Platform Engineering covers it

How deep it goes

Defines the role within a feedback ecosystem but does not detail membership, meeting procedures, or operating rules.

Examples

Uses platform feedback loops combining advisory groups with surveys, interviews, and community forums.

What it assumes

Assumes familiarity with platform metrics and developer teams while grounding feedback in usability and user needs.

What you can do after

Apply it to identify contextual platform problems and align enhancements with user needs, adoption, and satisfaction.

How it connects

Connects advisory groups with surveys, interviews, community forums, developer experience, and platform engineering.

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