Daisy Korse’s Post

Why an Internal Development Platform is more than the sum of its tools! An IDP is not just a toolbox. The real value comes from seamless integration, consistency, and continuous evolution. In many organizations, tools such as Jira, Confluence, Slack, Miro, and Figma, Azure Devops are already present. Teams use them daily. But too often, they’re siloed — Jira is for work items, Confluence for documentation, Slack for quick chats, Miro for brainstorming, Figma for design, Azure Devops for code. Useful, yes. But when connected into an Internal Development Platform, they become transformational. Imagine this: A backlog item in Jira links directly to design artifacts in Figma, the solution sketch in Miro, and the architectural decision record in Confluence. The project plan in Confluence lists all related backlog items from Jira, including its current status and the engineer working on it. Code changes in Azure Devops link back to the backlog items in Jira. Engineers receive Slack notifications with deep links back to Jira tasks, ensuring no context-switching. Inspect and Adapt insights captured in Miro feed directly into a knowledge page in Confluence for future reference. Instead of a scattered toolchain, you create a governed, evolving platform that helps developers focus on delivering value. And now; just add AI into the mix and the engineering community will fly, not run. That’s the real promise of an IDP — integration, not just adoption.