The Four-Zone Automation Governance Framework

Stop automation chaos before it scales

Your team loves automation. Zapier workflows everywhere. Make.com scenarios proliferating. Power Platform apps multiplying. It's working—until it isn't.

When automation breaks at 2 AM, can you find who built it? When costs spike 300%, do you know why? When security asks for an audit, can you deliver?

The Four-Zone Automation Governance Framework gives you structure before you need it.

What It Covers

Zone A - Execution: How automation actually runs

Triggers, data flows, error handling, performance

Zone B - Control: How changes get deployed safely

Testing, rollbacks, access controls, failure isolation

Zone C - Signal: How you see what's happening

Monitoring, documentation, troubleshooting

Zone D - Stewardship: How it stays maintainable

Ownership, costs, technical debt, team knowledge

Why It Works

  • 40+ specific checkpoints - not vague best practices
  • Built for real tools - Make.com, Power Platform, Salesforce, custom platforms
  • Scales with growth - works for 10 workflows or 1,000
  • Proven framework - adapted from enterprise DevOps practices

Three Ways To Use It

Audit your current mess: Score your automation landscape, find the biggest risks

Design new governance: Set policies before your next platform rollout

Recover from incidents: Build the oversight you wish you'd had

Get the Framework. Download the full model as PDF

Executive framing + canonical diagram (2 pages)

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Walkthrough

3-minute structural overview

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