Scaling Platform Adoption - The Shape-Up Method in Action

Learn how to overcome platform adoption challenges by implementing a planning framework inspired by Basecamp's Shape-Up methodology in this 16-minute conference talk from PlatformCon 2025. Discover zolar's journey in addressing their biggest challenge of aligning platform engineering efforts with organization-wide planning rituals like OKRs, which initially hindered their ability to respond to evolving developer needs and resulted in slower platform adaptation, reduced developer experience, and delayed feature delivery. Explore how the platform team successfully balanced long-term strategy with just-in-time prioritization to deliver features exactly when developers needed them most. Gain insights into practical strategies for significantly improving platform adoption rates, strengthening relationships between platform teams and developers, and enhancing overall platform effectiveness in driving business outcomes through strategic planning and responsive development practices.