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CL-318 Cloud & Platform

Golden Paths & Developer Experience

Define and ship a golden path that developers choose because it is the fastest route, not because it is mandated: scaffolding that wires CI, infrastructure and dashboards from the first commit, self-service provisioning without a ticket, and guardrails that block only what genuinely matters. Learners build a service template, provision from it end to end, and instrument the path so adoption and friction are measurable.

B3Practitioner
5modules
35skill atoms
2role journeys
Curriculum

What this course covers.

5 modules, 35 named skill atoms. Expand any module to see them.

1What a Golden Path Is7 skill atoms
the supported default route to productionpaved road vs a mandated single roadpath covering build, deploy, observe and on-callscope boundary and what the path deliberately excludesone path per common archetype not per teamoff-path work allowed with owned consequencessymptoms of a path that has rotted
2Templating and Scaffolding7 skill atoms
cookiecutter and Backstage software templatesrepo created with CI, IaC and dashboards wiredtemplate parameters vs post-generation editsupdating generated repos after the template changestemplate drift and template versioninglinting the generated output in CIownership metadata seeded at creation
3Self-Service Provisioning7 skill atoms
request to running resource with no ticketTerraform modules behind a form or CLInamespaced Crossplane XRs owned by the team namespacequotas and approvals only where the risk is realprovisioning latency treated as a product metricfailure messages a developer can act ondeprovisioning as a first-class action
4Paved Road and Guardrails7 skill atoms
guardrails that block vs a road that attractsadmission policy vs documentation-only rulesexception process with expiry datessecurity controls inherited by using the pathcompliance as a side effect of adoptionwhen a guardrail should only be a lint warningmeasuring how often each guardrail fires
5Measuring Developer Experience7 skill atoms
DORA metrics tracked against platform changestime to first successful deploy for a new servicesurvey signal cross-checked against telemetryfriction logs from shadowing a real teamgolden path adoption rate per teamsupport ticket volume read as a defect signaldocs, examples and error messages as product surface
Where it fits

CL-318 in the role journeys.

This course appears in 2 of our 45 role journeys. Here is what a learner takes immediately before and after it in each.

Platform / DevOps Engineer

Practitioner stage
CL-312→CL-318→CL-306

Platform Engineer (IDP)

Practitioner stage
CL-304→CL-318→CL-305

Roles this course serves

Platform / DevOps EngineerPlatform Engineer (IDP)
The capability ladder

This course is authored to band B3.

Every course we run is written to one rung of the CASI ladder, so a plan can be assembled to take a team from where they are to where they need to be.

What do B1–B6 mean?The CASI Capability Ladder — click to expand

Every course targets a band on the CASI Capability Ladder — our six-band proficiency scale, anchored to open standards (O*NET, ESCO, NICE, NIST AI RMF, Bloom's). A band tells you how deep a course goes, and what evidence proves it.

What the learner can doTypical evidence
B1
AwareUnderstands concepts and vocabulary; uses tools with guidance
Knowledge checks
B2
FoundationPerforms standard tasks correctly in familiar contexts
Guided labs, autograded exercises
B3
PractitionerDelivers complete pieces of work independently
Scenario labs, proctored hands-on exams
B4
ProfessionalHandles production-grade complexity, trade-offs and failure modes
Break-fix drills, design defenses
B5
AdvancedEngineers systems end-to-end under constraints; leads others
Rubric-scored capstones, vivas
B6
ExpertSets direction; recognised authority across teams
Portfolio + panel evaluation

A note on B6. Courses in this catalog target B1–B5. B6 is not taught — it is recognised, through a portfolio and a panel, once someone is setting direction for others. Every journey here is built to land a learner at B5.

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