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Module 5: Ready to Build (and Process Maps)

Final Checklist Before You Open the Tool

What this module covers: If you've passed the phases in Modules 1–4, you're in good shape. This is the final pass—and a quick look at Process Maps in Power Apps Plans if you have access.

Final Checklist

Work through this before you open Power Apps or Power Automate. If any box stays unchecked, you're not ready. That's okay. Go back and close the gap.

From Module 1 (Pre-Build)

  • [ ] Problem statement, owner, and success measure are written down.

From Module 2 (Plan)

  • [ ] Project plan exists with scope, timebox, and stop conditions.

From Module 3 (Requirements)

  • [ ] Requirements (functional + non-functional) are captured and agreed.

From Module 4 (Design)

  • [ ] Data structure and app type are decided.
  • [ ] Security and access model are thought through.

Environment

  • [ ] You know which environment you're building in. Not the default, if you can help it. See Environment strategy. Dev, test, prod—or at least "where does this live and who can access it?"

All checked? You're ready to build.

Process Maps (Power Apps Plans)

Process Maps—the built-in visual workflow tool in Power Apps Plans—let you design the flow before you build. You create activities, decisions, and transitions. Share it with stakeholders. Get alignment. Then translate it into a flow or app. If you have access, it's worth using.

  • [ ] Create a process map for the workflow. Activities, decisions, transitions.
  • [ ] Share it with stakeholders. Get alignment before you translate it into a flow or app.
  • [ ] Use it as your spec when you build. See Process maps as part of your plan.

Don't have Process Maps? That's fine. A whiteboard sketch or Miro board works too. The point is: design before you build. The tool is optional; the discipline isn't.

What You Do Next

Open Power Apps or Power Automate. Build to your design. Test. Deploy. The Think like a Maker: Plan and deploy your Power App path walks through make, test, and deploy. You've done plan and design. Now you execute.

Before you go: read Module 6: When Design Gets Skipped. It's a short reality check on what happens when people skip these steps—and why the checklist protects your time.

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