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The Importance of Consistent, Repeatable Design
Make Your Power Apps, Power Pages and Power BI Reports Easier to Use and Consume
Applying professional visual design principles that align with your corporate brand is essential when building applications that reflect your identity and values. A strong visual design, grounded in brand guidelines, ensures consistency across all touchpoints — strengthening brand recognition and trust. By integrating elements like logo usage, typography, color palettes, and imagery, developers create a cohesive experience that resonates with users. This not only enhances usability and accessibility but also reinforces the brand’s messaging.
Easier to Use
- Easy identification of the branded source
- Clear indication of purpose enhances the user experience
- Consistent application navigation and user interface elements breed familiarity
Easier to Build
- Components are pre-built and pre-approved
- Updates can be applied quickly and efficiently
Easier to Support
- Enforces best practices for development and lifecycle management
- Includes information on integrations, versions, data sources
- Maintains governances, security and access controls
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Benefits of a Design Guidelines Package
Consistency Across Platform Apps
Define and apply corporate standards across the entire suite of Power Platform tools.
Organization Engagement
More easily obtain approvals from communications and external engagement resources who participate in setting the standards.
Re-usability
Central, modularized CSS and Bootstrap components can be applied across entire website and web portal solutions.
Robust Governance
A templated approach minimizes complexity and enforces established best practices. Updates can be done once at the source and applied to all downstream applications.
Data Security, Sovereignty & Integrity
Modularizing the approach allows the specialists to focus on the development of each component. Business users then can focus on the workflow.
Maximize Investment
Get the most out of your Microsoft Power Platform investment featuring back-office, portal and public-facing implementations.
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Why Partner with Strathcona Solutions?
Faster Delivery
We've standardized design toolkits and documentation for Microsoft Power Apps, Power Pages and Power BI that are easily consumed and understood by technical and non-technical team resources alike.
Portal Design Talent, In-House
Experience matters. We understand the intricacies and nuances of corporate brand integrations within the Power Platform, respecting corporate brand standards and ensuring you've considered all the details.
Professional Implementations
Our in-house digital marketing team is dedicated to high-value website, portal, and digital content production services, and has the expertise to advise and support your brand.
Inclusive Approach
Our open engagement approach and facilitation methodology encourage participation and input to the best possible outcome for your organization. We'll help synthesize your brand creative with the technical attributes.
Thorough Documentation
Your end deliverable is a design guideline package that can be applied by professional and citizen developers alike.
Corporate Buy-In & Support
Developing and using a Design Guideline encourages participation from Communications, Marketing and External Engagement departments.
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Key Outcomes
Increased Engagement
Building within the pre-approved branding and design guidelines fosters identity and promotes support across organization.
Established Governance
Having corporate guidelines for the power platform design elements requires the approval from IT, Comms, and Engagement teams. This authorization promotes cooperation and standardization.
Optimized Technology
Quickly build products using templates and pre-built web elements.