--- title: Platform Team and Enablement description: Organize the cloud platform team as an internal product team that provides reusable STACKIT capabilities and enables workload teams. sidebar: label: Platform Team and Enablement order: 4 source_url: "https://framework.stackit.cloud/migration/design-and-mobilize/operating-model/platform-team-and-enablement/" source_file: "docs/migration/design-and-mobilize/operating-model/platform-team-and-enablement.mdx" --- ## Purpose The platform team provides a paved path for teams building and operating workloads on STACKIT. It treats the landing zone, automation, guardrails, and developer experience as a product with named users, an owned backlog, and measurable outcomes. ## Platform team responsibilities - Maintain shared STACKIT account, identity, network, security, and cost-management foundations. - Provide reusable Infrastructure as Code modules, reference architectures, and approved service patterns. - Offer self-service onboarding paths with appropriate policy guardrails and audit evidence. - Publish platform documentation, service status information, support routes, and change notices. - Prioritize platform improvements from workload-team feedback, incident learning, security findings, and adoption data. ## Enable workload teams Enablement combines the technical path with the operational path. Teams need documented access patterns, onboarding criteria, deployment guidance, observability standards, and a way to request new capabilities. Communities of practice, office hours, and working examples help turn platform standards into everyday delivery practice. The platform team should avoid becoming a manual provisioning gate. Where controls are stable, embed them in templates, policy checks, and automated workflows so teams can move independently within approved boundaries. ## Related guidance - [Developer Enablement Platform](/migration/design-and-mobilize/landing-zones/developer-enablement/) describes STACKIT-specific Golden Paths, self-service, and shared platform services. - [Automation (IaC)](/migration/design-and-mobilize/landing-zones/automation-iac/) defines the infrastructure automation practices used to implement platform guardrails. ## Related assets