Platform as a Product | Cloud Native Platform Engineering User Group

The Platform as a Product (PaaP) Initiative is dedicated to advancing Product Thinking in platform engineering. Our mission is to help platform teams treat their internal platforms as products and their users as customers, ensuring platforms deliver real value and meet user needs.
The initiative is led by members of the Cloud Native Platform Engineering User Group and is open to anyone involved in building platforms — not just product managers. We welcome platform engineers, leaders, consumers, and anyone interested in improving platform outcomes through product management practices.
Get involved: Join our CNCF Slack in the #platform-engineering channel. The Platform as a Product initiative is part of the general Cloud Native Platform Engineering User Group, which holds meetings every two weeks that are open to all. See the schedule here.
Our research combines qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys to understand how organizations build platforms, prioritize user needs, and apply product management practices. Insights are shared openly to help the community advance.
The Raw data from the research is available on GitHub
The outcome of the research so far was presented on the Platform Engineering Day Europe 2025 in London. You can find the recording here.
Learn more about the Platform as a Product Research here or in our blog posts.
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