Platform Nuts & Bolts : Enforcing Constraints in Platform Design

What rules should platform architecture enforce, and when should it embrace chaos?

I have discussed earlier on this blog about how there is a profound shift in the way constraints are enforced on business and technology usage as an organization adopts platform architecture. In platform architecture, process driven enforcement systems do not work well — they just get in the way because they put the platform owner in the path of any change that needs to be made.