Platform Engineering Vienna - OpenFeature special edition!

Dear (soon-to-be) feature flag enthusiasts,

We have OpenFeature founders and maintainers on-site talking about your favorite feature flagging standard!
Get insights into how experimentation can be done using open-source tools & how it impacts confidence at Dynatrace.

Agenda:

Doors open 5:30 p.m.

• Talk 1: 6:00 to 6:30 p.m.
  Speakers: Alexandra Oberaigner & Todd Baert, Dynatrace
  Title: Experimentation powered by OpenFeature & OpenTelemetry
  Abstract:
  We spend a lot of time talking about developing, deploying, monitoring and maintaining features, but how do we do know if we've built the right features in the first place? To put it bluntly: as a product team, if you're not experimenting, then you're just guessing! The best teams bake experimentation into their product development cycle, so that they can use data to drive their decisions. Open standards and common platforms are making it easier than ever to do experimentation... and we'll prove it! Join us to see how you can leverage existing open-source tools you're maybe already familiar with to build a simple yet powerful home-grown experimentation solution, so you can stop guessing!

Break: 6:30 to 6:45 p.m.

• Talk 2: 6:45 to 7:15 p.m.
  Speakers: Simon Schrottner & Todd Baert, Dynatrace
  Title: OpenFeature’s Positive Impact on Confidence at Dynatrace
  Abstract:
  At Dynatrace, feature flags have been integral to our workflows for years. However, our homegrown solution has increasingly become a fragmented collection of flags rather than a comprehensive management tool. This has led to challenges such as unclear use cases, legacy flags with unknown or unintended uses, and complexity compounded by team transitions and shifting assignments.
  To address these issues, we embraced OpenFeature to standardize and enhance feature flag observability—not just for our benefit but for the broader developer community. By integrating OpenFeature with OpenTelemetry, our Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) now have actionable insights, enabling them to confidently assess potential impacts and side effects across our systems.
  Join us as we share our journey with OpenFeature at Dynatrace and how it’s transforming the way we manage feature flags.

Networking: start 7:15 p.m.