PlatformOps: Platforms as Systems of Value
The evidence is clear.
Gartner predicts that by 2026, 80 percent of large organisations will have formal Platform Engineering teams. At the same time, MIT’s State of AI in Business 2025 found that 95 percent of AI pilots fail to deliver ROI — not because of the technology itself, but because enterprises lack the platform and operating foundations to scale them responsibly.
A position paper by Gielen Rojas-Lopez exploring how internal platforms evolve from technology stacks to systems of value.
This paper builds the case for Platform Engineering as a key piece of the puzzle.
It introduces PlatformOps, a practical lens for evolving internal platforms beyond just technology stacks — treating them instead as systems of value.
If you’re looking to understand why this matters, what it means for your organisation, and where to start, read the full paper below.
Read the paper → https://valuecraftstudio.com/platformops