2025-11-19 –, Blue room (main stage)
"We have a platform. It’s running. Everyone’s enthusiastic. Right? So… now what?"
In this session, we’ll explore the questions every platform owner faces sooner or later. How mature is our IT platform, really? Is it well-organized? Is it future-proof? Are people truly as satisfied as we think? And are we getting the full potential out of it?
We’ll introduce a maturity model that not only delivers insights, but also sparks the conversations that matter. About strength, growth potential, and direction. Because measuring is useful – but understanding is what really drives progress.
Your IT platform is up and running. Teams are using it. The first feedback is positive. But then comes that one question: how good is it—really?
In this session, we’ll explore a maturity model designed to assess the true strength of modern IT platforms—covering both application and data solutions, across the full platform scope. The model looks beyond technology: it includes people, organization and process. And it's vendor-neutral, product-independent, and built to inspire—not to judge.
There’s no “score to beat” here. The goal isn’t to pass or fail, but to spark the right conversations. About what works, what could work better, and what you may not have considered yet. You’ll gain practical insight into how your platform performs—and where it can grow—aligned with standards like CNCF, Gartner MAP, DORA, and ISO 25010.
Because measuring is useful. But seeing the bigger picture? That’s where the real value lies.
Jan Buurman (HCS Company) is a born IT puzzle-solver with a passion for seemingly impossible IT challenges. He fits the pieces of technology, people, and process together in such a way that platforms deliver real value. With industry standards as his compass and his rich experience as a catalyst, he brings inspiring images to life; realistic, actionable, and progressive. He likes to make you think, maybe just a little differently than you do today. His trademark: refreshingly quirky and pragmatic, always hunting for the next value - for you, your team, and especially your platform customers.