# Creating a shared platform vision: How platform leaders align teams

DevFeed: [Creating a shared platform vision: How platform leaders align teams](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/creating-a-shared-platform-vision-how-platform-leaders-align-teams-12142.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://platformengineering.org/blog/creating-a-shared-platform-vision-how-platform-leaders-align-teams>)

Author: Mallory Haigh

Published: 2026-07-23T05:40:01Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Platform Engineering Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/platform-engineering-blog.md>)

Topics: [Platform Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/platform-engineering.md>), [internal developer platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internal-developer-platform.md>), [internal developer portal](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internal-developer-portal.md>)

Tags: [developer-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-platform.md>), [idp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/idp.md>), [internal-developer-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internal-developer-platform.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [organizational](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/organizational.md>), [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [platform-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-engineering.md>), [strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/strategy.md>)

## AI overview

This article presents a framework for creating a shared vision for an internal developer platform. It explains that platform initiatives often fail because executives, developers, security, and operations teams have different expectations, incentives, and measures of success. Platform leaders must build stakeholder alignment, communicate shared value, and use deliberate strategy to support genuine adoption.

## Source excerpt

Framework for aligning executives, developers, and ops on an internal developer platform vision using shared language, metrics, and product-minded roadmaps