Polycrate Platform Building
Workshop

Consulting and hands-on combined: Infrastructure planning, SDLC and building internal development capabilities. Individually tailored to your organization.

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FJD
DWT
OCC
Reiner SCT
Cyrus Industrial
DGS
IEM
nanocosmos
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HiOrg-Server
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Buben & Mädchen
Prime Insights
TELTEC
Elevantiq
Moovit
CFTools
Stadt Köln
Vivavis
Avemio Tech
Business Intelligence
Cosanta
Datamints
Rimian
Clade
Cyreen
Inett
Paperless Group
Pikon
PXIO
SaaS Systems
Seven2One
SEWOBE
Taywa
VJupix
UDS
Volkswagen
Liebherr
T-Systems
Vendure
eco
Connext
Portainer
Uelzener Versicherungen
FJD
DWT
OCC
Reiner SCT
Cyrus Industrial
DGS
IEM
nanocosmos
Splix
Schwarze Gruppe
INH
Hades
HiOrg-Server
own3d
Tikfinity
Program51
Buben & Mädchen
Prime Insights
TELTEC
Elevantiq
Moovit
CFTools
Stadt Köln
Vivavis
Avemio Tech
Business Intelligence
Cosanta
Datamints
Rimian
Clade
Cyreen
Inett
Paperless Group
Pikon
PXIO
SaaS Systems
Seven2One
SEWOBE
Taywa
VJupix

Workshop Overview

All important information about the Polycrate Platform Building Workshop at a glance.

Platform Building

On Request

  • ✓ Duration: Individual (typically 3-10 days)
  • ✓ Participants: Max. 8 people
  • ✓ Format: On-site preferred
  • ✓ Language: German (English on request)
  • ✓ Certificate: Included
  • ✓ Audience: MSPs & IT Teams
  • ✓ Consulting & hands-on combined

Why Platform Building?

  • ✓ Complex Transformations
  • ✓ Legacy to cloud-native
  • ✓ Build internal platforms
  • ✓ Develop MSP services
  • ✓ Long-term Support
  • ✓ Knowledge transfer
  • ✓ Enablement not dependency
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Topic Areas

Platform Building typically covers these areas - we adapt the focus to your needs.

Infrastructure Planning

Architecture Design

Analysis of existing infrastructure. Designing target architecture. Defining migration path.
Architecture Planning Migration

Software Development Lifecycle

Optimize SDLC

Analyzing development processes. CI/CD strategies. Testing and quality gates.
SDLC CI/CD Testing

Implementation

Build Together

Hands-on implementation with your team. No black box - full transparency.
Implementation Hands-on Transparency

On-Premise Setup

Your Infrastructure

Installation on your servers. Bare-metal or virtualized. Hybrid cloud scenarios.
On-Premise Bare-Metal Hybrid

Internal Capabilities

Knowledge Transfer

Enabling your team. Runbooks and documentation. Handover not dependency.
Enablement Training Handover

MSP Capabilities

Multi-Tenant Platforms

Platforms for your customers. White-label solutions. Scalable architectures.
MSP Multi-Tenant SaaS

Typical Process

How we structure a Platform Building project.

Discovery

Phase 1 - Analysis

Inventory. Defining goals. Stakeholder alignment. Scoping.
Discovery Analysis Scope

Design

Phase 2 - Blueprint

Architecture design. Technology decisions. Proof of concept if needed.
Design PoC Architecture

Build

Phase 3 - Implementation

Joint implementation. Iterative approach. Regular reviews.
Build Iterative Reviews

Enable

Phase 4 - Enablement

Training your team. Documentation. Handover and go-live support.
Enable Training Handover

Prerequisites

What we need for a successful Platform Building project.

Stakeholder Commitment

Management buy-in and dedicated resources. Clear decision paths.
Management Commitment

Team Availability

Dedicated team members for the project duration. No part-time participation.
Team Availability

Infrastructure Access

Access to existing infrastructure. Ability to provision new systems.
Infrastructure Access

Follow-up Workshops

These workshops complement a Platform Building project.

Software Compliance

€9,999.95 excl. VAT

  • ✓ ISMS integration
  • ✓ DORA, NIS-2 compliance
  • ✓ Compliance documents
  • ✓ Duration: 1 day
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Platform Architecture

€4,999.90 excl. VAT

  • ✓ Enterprise platforms
  • ✓ Multi-cluster management
  • ✓ Develop IaC blocks
  • ✓ Duration: 2 days
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