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What we cover

9 core domains to ensure sustainable platforms

These core domains define the industry best practices that give DevOps the training needed for a successful app platform rollout and maintenance.

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The 9 core domains

Each domain has a platform-neutral core and a platform-specific layer written by that platform’s working group.

  1. Protect

    Backup, restore, and archive

    Backup, restore, and archive. What the platform’s native history keeps and does not keep; how to get data out and back in.

  2. Change

    Code management, deploy, rollback

    Code management and the deployment lifecycle within the platform. Sandboxes, staging, release, rollback.

  3. Observe

    Schema monitoring, change visibility

    Schema monitoring and change visibility. Knowing what changed, when, and by whom.

  4. Govern

    Users, auth, access control

    Users, authentication, access control. The platform’s enterprise capabilities and what is unique about them.

  5. Documentation

    In the platform and across teams

    Documentation within the platform, and centralized documentation across platforms and teams.

  6. Data

    Cleansing, hygiene, integrity

    Data and schema management: cleansing, hygiene, integrity.

  7. Integrate

    What connects, and how, securely

    What can be integrated and how; managing integrations securely; troubleshooting when they break.

  8. Support

    From the platform, to end users

    Getting support from the platform, and providing it to end users, including through a center of excellence.

  9. Agents

    Agent Ops: permissions, oversight, audit

    Agent Ops: managing the AI agents that act inside the platform. What each agent can read and write, who approved it, how its changes are reviewed, logged and rolled back, and how to switch it off.

Launching 2027

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We are getting ready to launch, but need your support. Commit to your platform and let us know you’re on board with the mission.

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  1. Sep 2026 · nowFounding members join

    Gathering initial interest: your name on the join form, and the first survey open, for every platform.

  2. Q1 2027Survey’s open

    The industry report, the rubric published with it, and the first benchmark.

  3. Summer 2027The Alliance forms

    Three platforms at twenty, steering committees seated, the benefit corporation filed.

  4. AfterCertification opens

    The exam follows the nine domains the survey measures.

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