Low-Code Citizen Development Acceleration at High Scale: 4 Month Implementation
Futurice Oy
This comprehensive program is designed to embed a culture of citizen development across your enterprise, transforming how you innovate and solve business problems. Over 4 months, we guide your organization through a fundamental shift in IT management and delivery, enabling you to harness the full potential of low-code with Power Apps, Power Automate and Copilot Studio at scale. This is not just about tools; it's a strategic cultural change that shifts your IT department from a bottleneck to an enabler of business-led innovation.
Problems Addressed:
- Low-code adoption is happening in silos without a clear strategy, leading to inconsistent results and missed opportunities.
- The organization struggles to move beyond small, isolated Power Apps to a scalable, enterprise-wide innovation model.
- There is a significant gap between business needs and IT's capacity to deliver solutions, creating a large backlog of unmet demand.
- Fear of security risks and lack of governance prevents the organization from fully empowering its citizen developers.
Scope:
- Phase 1: Foundation & Governance: We establish the complete Power Platform Center of Excellence (CoE), defining the operating model, technical policies, and security guardrails. This creates the safe and reliable foundation for scaling citizen development.
- Phase 2: Systematic Innovation Framework: We implement a structured process for the entire innovation lifecycle:
- Discover: Establish channels to source and capture ideas from all employees across the organization.
- Validate: Create a cross-functional steering group to assess ideas based on business value, technical feasibility, and people impact, ensuring only high-value projects proceed.
- Phase 3: Scaled Enablement & Development:
- Develop: Launch agile development teams, blending internal and external experts to build validated solutions and transfer knowledge, all with Power Apps, Power Automate and other Power Platform-based technologies.
- Enablement: Roll out targeted training programs, workshops, and a community of practice to upskill and support a growing network of citizen developers.
- Phase 4: Continuous Improvement & Scaling:
- Use & Maintain: Establish processes for application lifecycle management, user support, and backlog management to ensure long-term value.
- Scale: Expand the governance model and enablement programs to new business units, driving adoption across the entire enterprise.
Deliverables:
- A Fully Operational, Enterprise-Wide CoE: A mature Power Platform Center of Excellence that governs and supports citizen development at scale.
- Embedded Innovation Culture: A demonstrated shift in how the organization sources, validates, and develops digital solutions, led by the business.
- A Thriving Citizen Developer Community: A large, active, and self-sustaining community of trained employees who are building high-quality, compliant solutions.
- A Portfolio of High-Impact Applications: A portfolio of successfully deployed Power Apps and Power Automate solutions that are delivering measurable business value.
- Self-Sustaining Operating Model: A clear and documented operating model for ongoing governance, support, and innovation that allows the organization to continue scaling independently.
Please note: Terms, conditions, duration, and pricing are custom to each engagement. The details provided are indicative. Please contact us to discuss a solution tailored to meet your business needs. Any licensing costs are additional to the engagement fees.