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Power Platform governance in Switzerland: structuring low-code projects within companies

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project days

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developer, architect, security specialist

With the rise of low-code, a Swiss industrial company is seeing an increase in the number of applications developed locally using Power Platform. While this dynamic demonstrates genuine business agility, it also raises issues around consistency and IT management. To structure usage without hampering innovation, the company called on Qim info to put suitable Power Platform governance in place, with said governance required to be secure and scalable.

Microsoft Power Platform: low-code tools for digitising processes

Before looking at governance issues, it’s worth reminding ourselves what Power Platform is and why it’s becoming so widely used by businesses. Developed by Microsoft, this low-code platform accelerates the digitisation of business processes by bringing together four complementary tools:

  • Power Apps: for designing bespoke applications, without complex code, for use on mobile or desktop,
  • Power Automate: for automating repetitive tasks and connecting different systems together,
  • Power BI: for visualising and exploiting data via interactive, dynamic dashboards,
  • Power Pages: for creating secure web portals for customers, partners or employees.

Thanks to this approach, business teams can develop their own solutions in an agile way, without being forever dependent on IT teams.

According to a Forrester study dating from July 2024, 89% of developers have used a low-code platform in the last 12 months: a clear sign that these tools are being adopted en masse, with Power Platform among the most widely used platforms of all.

To find out more, read our dedicated article: What is Microsoft Power Platform?

Context: structuring the first uses of Power Platform

At this industrial company organised into divisions, the business teams began to use Power Platform to create bespoke applications and automate certain processes, often those linked to industrial equipment. These initiatives, launched locally and outside the IT perimeter, developed rapidly, without a structuring framework or formal governance.

Gradually, this trend revealed a number of weaknesses:

  • Poorly documented applications,
  • Lack of technical supervision,
  • Poorly defined roles between IT, business and users,
  • Difficulty in maintaining consistency throughout the Power Platform environment.

To secure and structure these uses without hampering business agility, the company turned to Qim info.

Objectives of the Power Platform governance project

To support the ramp-up of Power Platform, the company has commissioned Qim info to structure current uses and provide a framework for future developments, with a view to ensuring harmonisation and security.

The objectives are clear:

  • Analyse the existing environment (Microsoft 365 environment and the solutions developed),
  • Define simple and effective governance,
  • Adjust configurations to meet security and performance requirements,
  • Align current applications with unified standards.

This foundation will enable the organisation to control the expansion of low-code while maintaining the autonomy of its divisions.

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Deploying Power Platform governance: Qim info’s action plan

To meet the objectives defined, Qim info mobilised a team comprising a developer, an architect and a security specialist. During their 16-day assignment, the consultants have been involved at every strategic stage of the project, from analysing the existing situation to deploying operational governance.

The actions undertaken are organised around four main areas:

  1. Technical and functional audit: assessment of the Microsoft 365 environment, existing applications and workflows, and identification of shortfalls in relation to best practice.
  2. Definition of Power Platform governance: clarification of roles (IT, business, users), and the formalising of authorised use cases and usage rules, in line with security and maintainability objectives.
  3. Setting up environments: configuring Power Platform and Microsoft 365 in accordance with the rules defined, implementing supervision and administration tools to reinforce IT visibility of usage.
  4. Migration and packaging: restructuring existing solutions to align them with governance standards, creating packages to facilitate deployment and maintenance.

Qim info also ensures a transfer of skills to anchor governance in-house on a long-term basis. As a result, the company has a solid, scalable framework that ensures secure usage while preserving the agility of its divisions.

Power Platform governance: the tangible benefits of a well-structured project

Thanks to Qim info’s intervention, the company now benefits from a structured Power Platform environment, aligned with best practice and designed to last. The governance put in place is delivering tangible benefits at several levels:

  • A clear division of roles and responsibilities around low-code developments,
  • A consistent framework to govern usage across all divisions,
  • A secure environment, aligned with the standards defined,
  • Autonomous in-house teams, supported by skills transfer and appropriate supervision tools.

This firm foundation enables the company to pursue its low-code initiatives with complete control, without hampering the business lines’ capacity for innovation.

Qim info: your Power Platform and low-code governance expert in Switzerland and France

With offices in Geneva, Lausanne, Zurich, Basel, Annecy and Lyon, Qim info helps companies to structure and secure their Power Platform strategy. With an approach that combines technical expertise, business understanding and sustainable governance, Qim info transforms the Power Platform into a genuine lever for long-term efficiency.

By providing a framework for usage, Power Platform governance prevents the proliferation of unmaintained solutions, clarifies responsibilities between IT and the business, and guarantees the security of data flows in a centralised Microsoft 365 environment, without holding back innovation.

Would you like to deploy Power Platform within your organisation while retaining control?

Contact Qim info for tailor-made support with the task of mastering your low-code environment.

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