How to Talk About Governance Without Sounding Like the Fun Police
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A practical framing of Power Platform governance for communicating with leaders, makers and oneself.
TL;DR
Michael Roth reframes the governance pitch per audience instead of leading with rules: to makers, it’s “making sure your apps don’t break when you’re on vacation”; to managers, rules work “like traffic lights” that speed things up rather than slow them down; to IT, governance beats shadow IT by giving visibility without anyone becoming the villain.
Original on michaelroth42.com. Read the original · suggested by Michael Roth
This is our own summary, not a republication or full translation.
Governance takeaway
- Leadership/Business: test the next governance announcement against Roth’s traffic-light framing before sending it — a rule pitched as a speed bump gets read as a speed bump regardless of what it actually does.
- Makers: respond to the continuity argument specifically — “your app won’t break while you’re on vacation” recruits more real compliance than the same rule framed as a restriction.
- Admins/CoE: get the sharpest version of the IT angle — visibility beats policing as the pitch against shadow IT, since nobody signs up to be cast as the villain.
Frequently asked questions
Why does trusting makers not replace governance?
Trust works between people, but a platform grows beyond personal relationships. The article points to undocumented flows, apps that break after their creator leaves, data shared externally without anyone noticing and orphaned systems.
What is the governance trilemma?
Security, compliance and enablement compete, and the article describes what happens when only one wins.
How should I explain governance to executives?
Present it as proactive prevention and translate it into risk language: data exposure, audit readiness and technical debt.