Reference material

Frameworks

Reference frameworks and operating models for governing the digital enterprise. Standards-aligned, and built to be implemented rather than admired.

Published

Models you can put to work.

Each framework is published in full, with its object model, roles, worked examples and glossary.

Reference framework · v1.0

EVOLVE Operating Model Framework

A practitioner method for designing, building and evolving an operating model. Six stages from the enduring WHY to a model that keeps changing, three design layers from principles to specifications, six dimensions running through all of them, fourteen printable worksheets, and a stage gate that is passed on evidence rather than waved through.

Six stages, three layersSix dimensionsFourteen worksheetsA gate per stageReference section and glossary

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EvolveSDLC

A software development method for teams where coding agents do most of the typing. Seven phases in two loops and a pulse, three change classes set by what a change touches, six agent roles with a read-only verifier that never built the change, four phase skills that run the change loop, and evidence bound to the exact commit it covers.

Seven phases, three classesSix agent rolesFour phase skillsEvidence bound to the commitMeasured on real work

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AI Tokenomics Framework

An enterprise economic control system for AI, not a cryptocurrency model. Three operating objects (AI Credits, Seats and Entitlements, Capacity), a 13-step demand-to-execution lifecycle with four gates, an Architecture Review with a Token Assumption Stress-Test, and transparent chargeback from central funding to business-unit accountability.

Three operating objects12 design principles13-step lifecycle, 4 gatesDecision rightsParameter catalogue

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Digital Risk and Controls Framework

A conceptual framework and logical object model for managing digital risk within enterprise risk management. Nine connected domains, one golden thread from corporate objective to governance decision, aligned to COSO ERM, ISO 31000 and 27001, NIST CSF 2.0, COBIT 2019 and DORA.

Nine domainsObject modelRoles and RACI14 worked examplesGlossary A to Z

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More frameworks are in preparation. For writing on governance, architecture and transformation, see Thought Leadership.

One outcome: corporate objectives achieved, digital risk within appetite.

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