Chapter 6: Launching the Platform
In the previous chapter, we started with the execution part of platform product management and we understood how to translate the business and platform strategy into a platform roadmap. While understanding the creation of a platform roadmap, we looked at mapping the End-to-End (E2E) platform user journey and carving out a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) from that journey.
To slice the MVP from the user journey, identifying capabilities is a must. Platform capabilities can be categorized into two types: technical capabilities and functional capabilities. Roadmaps for functional and technical capabilities, combined with a roadmap for touchpoints, form the platform roadmap. Technical capabilities represent the infrastructure layer of the platform, whereas functional capabilities and touchpoints represent the business and the customer experience layers, respectively.
In this chapter, we will understand how to launch the platform. While the development...
