When Microsoft introduced Power Apps, a low-to-no-code tool for non-developers to create extremely powerful browser and mobile apps, it was a game changer. For the first time we had subject matter experts able to design and develop their own tools. Finance professionals could design their own expense report tools, without investing their retirement savings into Red Bull and spending all their waking hours learning to code.
Naturally, users began to flex their newfound power, and started building business-critical tools that entire teams or organisations are now relying on. While this novel flexibility provides great returns on investments, it also drives IT departments mad.
Imagine you're minding your own business, savouring the early morning serenity of the office, when Susan from Fundraising appears at your desk, frantic and accusatory, upset that the "Donor Database App" isn't working. Although you are the director of IT, this is the first time you've heard of such an app. Upon further research it becomes clear that Amanda, a Fundraising Professional with impressive coding skills, has built a very complex application in Power Apps which connects to third party tools to consolidate data and automate several processes. Amanda unfortunately left her role recently to travel the country with her amateur improvisation team, and did not leave any significant documentation about the configuration of the app.
So there you are, unable to support an app you never approved in the first place, yet one which has become absolutely invaluable to your Finance team. You start to wonder just how many other apps are out there which grant access to data, make changes to documents, and otherwise potentially circumvent your organisation's policies and procedures.
You decide to join Amanda in her rootless improv lifestyle, giving up on your responsibilities and relationships with friends who refuse to support your (aggressively bad) acting skills, never to be seen again in the IT circles you previously enjoyed. All of this could have been avoided, had you called in the experts for some advice and support. Don't make the same mistake, call IMBII now, let us show you how to take back control of your environment, while still empowering your users. Never turn to amateur improv.
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