The Frameworks

Four frameworks.
One operating model.

Each framework addresses a different dimension of enterprise platform governance. They operate simultaneously — not sequentially.

S
SCALE-OPS
Platform Operating Model
Platform Layer

SCALE-OPS

How the platform is governed and operated at scale.

Eight dimensions — Stewardship, Containment, Automation, Lifecycle, Enablement, Operations, Performance, and Scalability — form a complete governance foundation for any enterprise Power Platform programme.

SCALE-OPS is the anchor framework. Everything else depends on having it in place. A delivery model built on an ungoverned platform creates ungoverned delivery.

S
Stewardship
Who is accountable, and how?
C
Containment
Environments, DLP, connector governance
A
Automation
Platform governing itself
L
Lifecycle
Idea to retirement, ownership throughout
E
Enablement
Healthy maker community
O
Operations
Platform reliability and response
P
Performance
Value measurement and reporting
S
Scalability
Designed for tomorrow's scale
B
BOLT
Delivery Model
Delivery Layer

BOLT

How solutions are built, owned, and governed.

Business-Owned Low-Code Technology Enablement. Four delivery tiers determined by solution complexity. Six roles defining who builds what and who is accountable. Guardrails that make self-service delivery safe.

BOLT answers the question every organisation building at scale must answer: who owns this, and what happens when something goes wrong?

B
Business Ownership
Business teams lead delivery
O
On-Demand Agility
Build without IT bottlenecks
L
Low-Code Platform
Power Platform at every tier
T
Trusted Enablement
IT as enabler, not gatekeeper
D
DIALOGE
Solution Design Model
Solution Layer

DIALOGE

What every enterprise solution is made of.

Seven building blocks — Data, Integration, AI, Logic, Operations, Go-Live, and Experience — with opinionated guidance on how each should be designed, reviewed, and governed at every BOLT tier.

DIALOGE shifts governance from platform-level to solution-level, ensuring quality is built in from the first design decision.

D
Data
Foundation and security model
I
Integration
Connectors and external systems
A
AI
Intelligent capabilities and agents
L
Logic
Where business rules live
O
Operations
Monitoring and support post go-live
G
Go-Live
Safe path to production
E
Experience
Interface design and adoption
S
SHIELD
Security Model
Security Layer

SHIELD

How the platform and its solutions stay secure.

Six pillars wrapping around everything — Sight (identity), Harden (data), Inspect (application), Enforce (compliance), Lockdown (infrastructure), and Defend (threat response).

Five pillars operate continuously. One — Inspect — fires as a risk-based gate before solutions reach production. Security is a discipline, not an event.

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Sight
Identity and access governance
H
Harden
Data security and DLP
I
Inspect
Application security review gate
E
Enforce
Compliance and audit trail
L
Lockdown
Infrastructure and network isolation
D
Defend
Threat detection and response

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