# From Frame to Challenge

You will get to understand and then describe your platform in five distinct layers. The three centre layers hail from the excellent [TRIE framework](http://platformed.info/the-trie-framework-platforms/). Moving left-to-right across this trio expresses how [participants](https://position.futuring-architectures.com/extras/glossary#platform-participant) will learn the platform; the reverse direction describes how the platform will be built, tested, and managed: 

![](https://1051411321-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M1kfsEQZnpIvw756Wqx%2F-M6msfUTtMw0zxnQO6OQ%2F-M6ncYM3kvRVwBHdKPoP%2FFAST-PlatformFlow-FullGears-FullBG.png?alt=media\&token=165355f2-3696-4e45-8f3f-129b0406926a)

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**Tip:** Reading up on [TRIE](http://platformed.info/the-trie-framework-platforms/) makes for an excellent:kissing\_heart:introduction to building platforms.
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This manual adds the two outer layers to capture the outside-in and inside-out design perspectives, making it a true end-to-end process.

There is no prescribed order to traversing the layers—as long as you make sure to visit and align each layer. For a first time exercise, best stick to the same learning path as the platform's participants: from left to right, from [Frame](https://position.futuring-architectures.com/position/frame) to Challenge...:point\_right: 


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