Is Platform Engineering a Value Stream?

In the article, the answer is "Yes", Platform Engineering is a value stream, delivering technical and business value to internal customers through self-service capabilities. It reduces cognitive load, standardizes security and compliance policies, and improves software delivery.

Platforms are products with a flow from idea to value realization, and platform teams are aligned with value streams to deliver them as products. Platforms can be seen as supporting value streams, and engineering should focus on delivering value to customers to be considered a value stream. The customer of a platform is typically internal, and the platform serves to enable internal individual contributors to work more efficiently and effectively.