GitHub Enterprise Setup & Governance
Enterprise organization structure, repository governance patterns, branch protections with environment-specific rulesets. Not just configuration—governance architecture that scales.
Governed SDLC
Policy-as-Code: Where Compliance Accelerates Shipping, Not Blocks It Governance rules as version-controlled configuration. Testable. Auditable. Deployable. GitHub Enterprise with branch protections, automated gates, and audit trails that satisfy auditors without slowing developers. This isn't compliance theater—it's engineering excellence that happens to generate the evidence regulators need.
Why Governance Usually Slows Everything Down
You know the pattern. Audit finds gaps. Leadership mandates controls. IT implements approval gates. Developers find workarounds. Six months later, the next audit finds new gaps. Repeat.
The problem isn't that your team doesn't care about governance. The problem is how governance gets implemented. Manual approval workflows. Policies documented in wikis nobody reads. Change control boards that meet weekly while incidents happen hourly. Compliance as obstacle, not enabler.
Meanwhile, your developers are caught in the middle. They want to ship. They also want to keep their jobs. So they either slow down to follow process, or they find workarounds that create the very risks governance was meant to prevent.
The result? Inconsistent pipelines across teams. Audit evidence assembled manually (usually the night before). Fragile deployments because nobody trusts the process. Knowledge silos because governance isn't codified. And leadership wondering why 'agile transformation' didn't make anything faster.
There's a better way. Governance that's automated, testable, and built into the development workflow—not bolted on after.
Symptoms of broken governance:
- Different CI/CD tools and patterns across teams
- Can't prove what was deployed, when, by whom
- High rollback rates and production incidents
- Audit evidence assembled manually
- Developers avoid the 'official' process
- Compliance and velocity are seen as trade-offs
The GitHub Enterprise Blueprint: What You Get
3-6 months from kickoff to governed, accelerated deployment.
CI/CD Pipeline Standards
Reusable GitHub Actions workflows with built-in gates. Quality checks, security scanning, deployment approvals—automated and consistent across all repositories.
Policy-as-Code Implementation
Governance rules as version-controlled YAML/JSON. Testable in CI, auditable in Git history, deployable like any other code. No more wiki policies.
Secrets Management & Environment Protection
Secure credential management with environment-specific access controls. Development, staging, production—each with appropriate protections and audit trails.
Audit Logging & Compliance Reporting
Automated evidence capture for every deployment. Query what changed, when, by whom—without manual assembly. Dashboards that satisfy auditors and inform engineering.
Developer Documentation & Training
Self-service documentation that stays current. Role-based training for developers, leads, and platform team. Onboarding that doesn't require tribal knowledge.
Timeline: 3-6 months
Investment: $100K-$200K AUD
Investment varies based on number of teams, existing tooling, integration complexity, and compliance requirements.
Typical DORA Metric Improvements
We measure what elite engineering teams measure.
Proof: Enterprise Scale, Enterprise Stability
How It Works
From discovery to governed deployment in 3-6 months.
Phase 01
Discovery & Assessment
Weeks 1-3
- Current state analysis (tools, pipelines, policies)
- Compliance requirements mapping
- Team structure and workflow analysis
- Gap identification and prioritization
Deliverable: Assessment report + implementation roadmap
Phase 02
Architecture & Design
Weeks 4-6
- GitHub Enterprise organization design
- Pipeline standards architecture
- Policy-as-code schema definition
- Integration design (existing tools)
Deliverable: Technical architecture + governance model
Phase 03
Implementation
Weeks 7-16
- GitHub Enterprise setup and configuration
- Reusable workflow development
- Policy automation implementation
- Audit logging integration
- Pilot team rollout
Deliverable: Working platform with pilot team adoption
Phase 04
Rollout & Enablement
Weeks 17-24
- Phased team onboarding
- Training delivery by role
- Documentation finalization
- Metrics baseline and dashboards
- Hypercare support (30 days)
Deliverable: Full rollout complete, internal ownership established
How We're Different
Big 4 / SI
GitHub PS
NETEVO
Approach
Process documentation
Platform setup
Governance architecture + implementation
Timeline
12-24 months
4-8 weeks
3-6 months (right-sized)
Governance
Policy documents
Out-of-box features
Policy-as-code, custom to your compliance
Evidence
Manual assembly
Basic audit logs
Automated, queryable, exportable
After Engagement
More consultants needed
Support tickets
Internal ownership, self-sufficient
Policy-as-code, not policy documents
Governance rules that are version-controlled, testable, and enforced automatically. Not wiki pages that developers ignore.
Engineering-first governance
Designed by engineers who've shipped production systems. Governance that works with development workflow, not against it.
Evidence by design
Audit trails captured automatically. Query what changed, when, by whom—in seconds, not days of manual assembly.
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