One live model connects strategy, capital, work, technology and AI, giving leaders and AI agents a shared understanding of how the enterprise actually runs

GEORGETOWN, Texas, Nov. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Dotwork, an AI-native enterprise operating platform, today announced the launch of the Enterprise Operating Model, a live, graph-based model that connects an organization’s strategy, capital, business capabilities, work, technology, controls and AI in one place.

AI is collapsing the cost and time of execution. But the machinery enterprises use to set priorities, fund them and carry them through the company is still fragmented and calendar-bound. Strategy lives in decks, budgets in spreadsheets and planning tools, work in a dozen systems, and spending on cloud, applications and AI accrues continuously. Leaders see each piece but rarely the whole, and the AI they deploy inherits the same disconnect.

The Enterprise Operating Model connects the systems enterprises already rely on rather than replacing them, including the general ledger, cloud and AI bills, portfolio and delivery tools, architecture inventories and control registers. The result is one live model of how the business actually runs. Every Dotwork solution reads and writes the same model, from strategic portfolio management and IT financial management to enterprise architecture, standards and controls, and AI governance.

With the Enterprise Operating Model, organizations can:

• Steer: See which strategies are funded, which work serves them and what changed, then re-point teams, capital and AI as priorities shift instead of waiting for the next planning cycle.
• Trace: Follow any strategy to the work and the spending behind it, and back again, with one set of numbers that matches what finance booked.
• Govern AI: Give Dotwork’s AI, Dot, and the assistants employees already use the same governed context, with every answer tied to its source and every action taken within each person’s permissions.

“Every company runs on an operating model, but almost none can see theirs,” said Steve Elliott, founder and CEO of Dotwork. “As AI makes execution abundant, the advantage moves to deciding where to point it and knowing whether it worked. The Enterprise Operating Model gives leaders and AI the same live picture of the business, so the enterprise can be steered, not just reported on.”

Customers do not start from a blank page. The Enterprise Operating Model includes reference models for the structure most enterprises share, covering strategy, capabilities, work, rules and cost, plus industry editions for banking, insurance, healthcare and construction. Organizations go live on the reference and shape the last mile to their own structure, terminology and approval paths. The model maps to the frameworks enterprises already use, including TBM, FinOps and FOCUS, AI-Native SAFe, TOGAF, OKRs and emerging AI regulation.

“Our forward-deployed teams start with one high-value problem, such as a portfolio review, a cost allocation or an AI governance gap, and build it on the Enterprise Operating Model,” said Konstantin Popov, Head of Transformation Services at Dotwork. “Every engagement extends the same model, so the next problem starts with more context and less reinvention.”

The launch follows Dotwork’s acquisition of Arcario Group in October 2026, which added forward-deployed expertise in enterprise operating models. Dotwork’s founding team previously built AgileCraft, now Atlassian’s Jira Align. Dotwork is deployed in the Fortune 50 and in government, and is SOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified.

Learn more at dotwork.com/solutions/enterprise-operating-model.

About Dotwork

Dotwork is an AI-native enterprise operating platform connecting strategy, capital, work and outcomes through a living, graph-based Enterprise Operating Model. Founded by Steve Elliott, former founder and CEO of AgileCraft (acquired by Atlassian), Dotwork is headquartered in Georgetown, Texas. Learn more at dotwork.com.

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