# Why we built Platform Engineering Consulting (PEC)

DevFeed: [Why we built Platform Engineering Consulting (PEC)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-we-built-platform-engineering-consulting-pec-12286.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://platformengineering.org/blog/why-we-built-platform-engineering-consulting-pec>)

Author: Ajay Chankramath

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>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [business-value](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business-value.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [platform-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-engineering.md>)

## AI overview

PlatformEngineering.org introduces Platform Engineering Consulting (PEC), an advisory and consulting offering based on its experience with enterprise platform teams. The article identifies five recurring mistakes: weak product thinking, an unclear business case, tool-first decisions, ineffective measurement, and scaling AI workloads or self-service before establishing a strong foundation.

## Source excerpt

PlatformEngineering.org introduces Platform Engineering Consulting (PEC), its consulting and advisory wing. Leverage our decades of experience to overcome the five common platform engineering mistakes and successfully navigate the agentic shift and AI mandates