Solution area
Power Platform
Solutions that speed up approval, workflow and automation processes with low-code applications, handled in connection with your enterprise systems.
How it is built
From the need to the enterprise process.
Even a small flow is built with its connection to the enterprise system planned.
Business need
A repetitive step still done by hand
Application or flow
Low-code, with limited scope
Approval step
Responsibility and a control point
Connection to the system
The record stays in one place
Starting point
Processes that run on email and spreadsheets.
Many processes that sit outside the enterprise systems run on email, spreadsheets and verbal agreement: approvals, request forms, small tracking lists.
Individually they look small; together they create a real loss of traceability. Who approved what, and which version is current, has to be reconstructed afterwards.
The value of Power Platform shows when these processes are digitised without creating new islands cut off from the enterprise systems.
Signs of a suitable process
- Repeating approval and request flows
- Tracking lists maintained in spreadsheets
- Small applications with no equivalent in the enterprise system
- Manual copying of data between steps
- Processes that change often and need quick adjustment
Solution scope
Three areas of use.
Scope is defined together based on the organisation's process needs; work usually starts with a single process handled end to end.
Approval and workflows
Request, approval and notification steps made explicit and traceable with Power Automate flows.
Low-code applications
Simple enterprise applications built with Power Apps for data entry, tracking and field use.
Connection with enterprise systems
Flows and applications handled in connection with existing enterprise systems, so no new data islands appear.
Delivery approach
We start with the right process.
Not every process suits a low-code solution. We start with the one that has the clearest boundaries and the highest contribution.
Choosing the process
Processes with defined steps, participants and rules are prioritised.
Designing the flow and app
Approval steps, roles and data entry are designed together; connections to enterprise systems are planned.
Controlled rollout
The solution goes live with limited scope, is tried with users and adjusted based on their feedback.
Ownership and sustainability
Ownership, access and change management are agreed; maintaining the flows is part of the plan.
Sustainability
Low-code is not unowned code
The speed of low-code solutions can turn into a large number of small flows that nobody owns. To avoid that, we define ownership, naming and access rules from the start.
The flows then become part of the organisation's knowledge: even when the team changes, the process stays traceable.
Application or flow
Ownership
Every flow has a named owner
Naming
The name says what it does
Access
Who can reach what is defined
Let's choose the process to start with, together.
Let's talk through your approval and tracking processes and pick the ones that suit a low-code solution.