Item: PowerApps
Rating: 10
Author: Neil Kloster, MA, MBA

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I'm currently utilizing Power-Apps to fix our quality assurance issues. I've created multiple QA forms out of Power-Apps that help our department capture important information about errors in our cases and capture data from multiple sources (individuals) and sort that information by the manager, case type, error type, etc. I have also used it for other issues such as a reference tool to prevent multiple emails and case requests for situations that do not need a case.

Pros and Cons

Data capture.
Sends information to multiple places (i.e. SharePoint).
Creative flexibility.
Multiple uses.

Some situational formulas that seem easy to figure out are more complex than would be expected (such as using If functions, but it just takes a bit of research to figure out what you want to do).

Most Important Features

Gathering information from various sources.
Able to connect to multiple data points.

Return on Investment

The ability for our department to create quality assurance forms that have helped other teams/departments send information.
Created a number of forms for ideas that have had a significant ROI ($15K+) or more per idea.

Key Insights

Do you think PowerApps delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with PowerApps's feature set?

Yes

Did PowerApps live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of PowerApps go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy PowerApps again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Microsoft Power BI

Likelihood to Recommend

Power-Apps can be used for virtually any type of situation. I've seen it used for an office reservation tool, especially during COVID, where that has been extremely useful. I currently use it a lot for various quality assurance forms for various teams who need different things to review for each team that calculates scores, as well as sends the information I need from various sources to SharePoint for analysis later. People can use it for mobile apps or canvas apps - I prefer canvas apps, but you can really create pretty much whatever you want and there are so many different tools and items to use for each app (scanner, signature insert, etc.). So really the sky is the limit.

Power-Apps for Quality Assurance.

Overall Satisfaction with PowerApps