First-everThe 2027 State of DOAP Survey is open.Take the survey

Work management on a relational data model, built as an Airtable-class platform.

Collecting interest
The DOAP Score

How well SmartSuite supports the role

AI-generated estimate70/100 · Optimizing15 points to Leading
  1. Protect63
  2. Change76
  3. Observe77
  4. Govern75
  5. Documentation80
  6. Data59
  7. Integrate73
  8. Support65
  9. Agents63
  10. Security70

The synopsis

AI-generated draft
  • ProtectScaling63

    Solid native support for backup and restore; the practice is repeatable on SmartSuite.

  • ChangeOptimizing76

    SmartSuite supports code management, staging and rollback well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • ObserveOptimizing77

    SmartSuite supports schema monitoring and change visibility well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • GovernOptimizing75

    SmartSuite supports users, authentication and access control well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • DocumentationOptimizing80

    SmartSuite supports documentation in the platform and across teams well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • DataScaling59

    Solid native support for data cleansing, hygiene and integrity; the practice is repeatable on SmartSuite.

  • IntegrateOptimizing73

    SmartSuite supports integrations and how they are secured well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • SupportScaling65

    Solid native support for support from the platform and to end users; the practice is repeatable on SmartSuite.

  • AgentsScaling63

    Solid native support for using AI in the job, and managing it inside the platform; the practice is repeatable on SmartSuite.

  • SecurityOptimizing70

    SmartSuite supports access, secrets, audit and compliance well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

An estimate until the survey closes; then the number from everyone who answered for SmartSuite, labeled survey-generated, published with its report.

Steering committee and working groups

Three bodies, seats open.

The people who run SmartSuite’s corner of the Alliance. A steering committee of three decides; the certification working group writes the exam; the ops working group keeps the community.

  • Platform Steering Committee3 per platform

    Everything specific to one platform. Reports to the Board.

    Seats open
  • Platform Certification Working GroupPer platform

    The deep experts. Drafts platform-specific questions and scoring for the Committee to approve.

    Seats open
  • Platform Ops Working GroupUncapped

    Content and moderation within the platform’s community.

    Seats open
Express interest in a seatThe join form asks where you would serve.

Supported by its practitioners. SmartSuite has not joined as a participating platform member.

Launching 2027

Join for SmartSuite.

Every name on the join form counts toward SmartSuite’s twenty, and toward a seat on its steering committee.

  1. Sep 2026 · nowFounding members join

    Gathering initial interest: your name on the join form, and the first survey open, for every platform.

  2. Q1 2027Survey’s open

    The industry report, the rubric published with it, and the first benchmark.

  3. Summer 2027The Alliance forms

    Three platforms at twenty, steering committees seated, the benefit corporation filed.

  4. AfterCertification opens

    The exam follows the nine domains the survey measures.