diff --git a/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/api/System.ClientModel.net6.0.cs b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/api/System.ClientModel.net6.0.cs
index 53cdd65eb9a9..8577ad5115d3 100644
--- a/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/api/System.ClientModel.net6.0.cs
+++ b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/api/System.ClientModel.net6.0.cs
@@ -67,6 +67,25 @@ protected internal ResultCollection(System.ClientModel.Primitives.PipelineRespon
         public abstract System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerator<T> GetEnumerator();
         System.Collections.IEnumerator System.Collections.IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() { throw null; }
     }
+    public abstract partial class ResultOperation : System.ClientModel.ClientResult
+    {
+        protected ResultOperation(string id, System.ClientModel.Primitives.PipelineResponse response) { }
+        public bool HasCompleted { get { throw null; } protected set { } }
+        public string Id { get { throw null; } protected set { } }
+        public abstract System.ClientModel.ClientResult UpdateStatus();
+        public abstract System.Threading.Tasks.ValueTask<System.ClientModel.ClientResult> UpdateStatusAsync();
+        public abstract System.ClientModel.ClientResult WaitForCompletionResult(System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(System.Threading.CancellationToken));
+        public abstract System.ClientModel.ClientResult WaitForCompletionResult(System.TimeSpan pollingInterval, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(System.Threading.CancellationToken));
+        public abstract System.Threading.Tasks.ValueTask<System.ClientModel.ClientResult> WaitForCompletionResultAsync(System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(System.Threading.CancellationToken));
+        public abstract System.Threading.Tasks.ValueTask<System.ClientModel.ClientResult> WaitForCompletionResultAsync(System.TimeSpan pollingInterval, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(System.Threading.CancellationToken));
+    }
+    public abstract partial class ResultOperation<T> : System.ClientModel.ResultOperation
+    {
+        protected ResultOperation(string id, System.ClientModel.Primitives.PipelineResponse response) : base (default(string), default(System.ClientModel.Primitives.PipelineResponse)) { }
+        public T? Value { get { throw null; } protected set { } }
+        public abstract System.ClientModel.ClientResult<T> WaitForCompletion(System.TimeSpan? pollingInterval = default(System.TimeSpan?), System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(System.Threading.CancellationToken));
+        public abstract System.Threading.Tasks.ValueTask<System.ClientModel.ClientResult<T>> WaitForCompletionAsync(System.TimeSpan? pollingInterval = default(System.TimeSpan?), System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(System.Threading.CancellationToken));
+    }
     public partial class ResultPage<T> : System.ClientModel.ResultCollection<T>
     {
         internal ResultPage() { }
@@ -74,6 +93,20 @@ internal ResultPage() { }
         public static System.ClientModel.ResultPage<T> Create(System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<T> values, string? continuationToken, System.ClientModel.Primitives.PipelineResponse response) { throw null; }
         public override System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerator<T> GetEnumerator() { throw null; }
     }
+    public enum ReturnWhen
+    {
+        Started = 0,
+        Completed = 1,
+    }
+    public abstract partial class StatusBasedOperation<TStatus, TValue> : System.ClientModel.ResultOperation<TValue>
+    {
+        protected StatusBasedOperation(string id, TStatus status, System.ClientModel.Primitives.PipelineResponse response) : base (default(string), default(System.ClientModel.Primitives.PipelineResponse)) { }
+        public TStatus Status { get { throw null; } protected set { } }
+        public abstract void Pause();
+        public abstract void Resume();
+        public abstract System.ClientModel.ClientResult<(TStatus Status, TValue? Value)> WaitForStatusUpdate(System.TimeSpan? pollingInterval = default(System.TimeSpan?), System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(System.Threading.CancellationToken));
+        public abstract System.Threading.Tasks.ValueTask<System.ClientModel.ClientResult<(TStatus Status, TValue? Value)>> WaitForStatusUpdateAsync(System.TimeSpan? pollingInterval = default(System.TimeSpan?), System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(System.Threading.CancellationToken));
+    }
 }
 namespace System.ClientModel.Primitives
 {
diff --git a/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/api/System.ClientModel.netstandard2.0.cs b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/api/System.ClientModel.netstandard2.0.cs
index e43b75c72c1e..a8060dab2f09 100644
--- a/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/api/System.ClientModel.netstandard2.0.cs
+++ b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/api/System.ClientModel.netstandard2.0.cs
@@ -67,6 +67,25 @@ protected internal ResultCollection(System.ClientModel.Primitives.PipelineRespon
         public abstract System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerator<T> GetEnumerator();
         System.Collections.IEnumerator System.Collections.IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() { throw null; }
     }
+    public abstract partial class ResultOperation : System.ClientModel.ClientResult
+    {
+        protected ResultOperation(string id, System.ClientModel.Primitives.PipelineResponse response) { }
+        public bool HasCompleted { get { throw null; } protected set { } }
+        public string Id { get { throw null; } protected set { } }
+        public abstract System.ClientModel.ClientResult UpdateStatus();
+        public abstract System.Threading.Tasks.ValueTask<System.ClientModel.ClientResult> UpdateStatusAsync();
+        public abstract System.ClientModel.ClientResult WaitForCompletionResult(System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(System.Threading.CancellationToken));
+        public abstract System.ClientModel.ClientResult WaitForCompletionResult(System.TimeSpan pollingInterval, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(System.Threading.CancellationToken));
+        public abstract System.Threading.Tasks.ValueTask<System.ClientModel.ClientResult> WaitForCompletionResultAsync(System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(System.Threading.CancellationToken));
+        public abstract System.Threading.Tasks.ValueTask<System.ClientModel.ClientResult> WaitForCompletionResultAsync(System.TimeSpan pollingInterval, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(System.Threading.CancellationToken));
+    }
+    public abstract partial class ResultOperation<T> : System.ClientModel.ResultOperation
+    {
+        protected ResultOperation(string id, System.ClientModel.Primitives.PipelineResponse response) : base (default(string), default(System.ClientModel.Primitives.PipelineResponse)) { }
+        public T? Value { get { throw null; } protected set { } }
+        public abstract System.ClientModel.ClientResult<T> WaitForCompletion(System.TimeSpan? pollingInterval = default(System.TimeSpan?), System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(System.Threading.CancellationToken));
+        public abstract System.Threading.Tasks.ValueTask<System.ClientModel.ClientResult<T>> WaitForCompletionAsync(System.TimeSpan? pollingInterval = default(System.TimeSpan?), System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(System.Threading.CancellationToken));
+    }
     public partial class ResultPage<T> : System.ClientModel.ResultCollection<T>
     {
         internal ResultPage() { }
@@ -74,6 +93,20 @@ internal ResultPage() { }
         public static System.ClientModel.ResultPage<T> Create(System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<T> values, string? continuationToken, System.ClientModel.Primitives.PipelineResponse response) { throw null; }
         public override System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerator<T> GetEnumerator() { throw null; }
     }
+    public enum ReturnWhen
+    {
+        Started = 0,
+        Completed = 1,
+    }
+    public abstract partial class StatusBasedOperation<TStatus, TValue> : System.ClientModel.ResultOperation<TValue>
+    {
+        protected StatusBasedOperation(string id, TStatus status, System.ClientModel.Primitives.PipelineResponse response) : base (default(string), default(System.ClientModel.Primitives.PipelineResponse)) { }
+        public TStatus Status { get { throw null; } protected set { } }
+        public abstract void Pause();
+        public abstract void Resume();
+        public abstract System.ClientModel.ClientResult<(TStatus Status, TValue? Value)> WaitForStatusUpdate(System.TimeSpan? pollingInterval = default(System.TimeSpan?), System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(System.Threading.CancellationToken));
+        public abstract System.Threading.Tasks.ValueTask<System.ClientModel.ClientResult<(TStatus Status, TValue? Value)>> WaitForStatusUpdateAsync(System.TimeSpan? pollingInterval = default(System.TimeSpan?), System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(System.Threading.CancellationToken));
+    }
 }
 namespace System.ClientModel.Primitives
 {
diff --git a/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/src/Convenience/ResultOperation.cs b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/src/Convenience/ResultOperation.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4a6047beb391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/src/Convenience/ResultOperation.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+using System.ClientModel.Primitives;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace System.ClientModel;
+
+#pragma warning disable CS1591 // public XML comments
+public abstract class ResultOperation : ClientResult
+{
+    protected ResultOperation(string id, PipelineResponse response) : base(response)
+    {
+        Id = id;
+    }
+
+    public string Id { get; protected set; }
+
+    public bool HasCompleted { get; protected set; }
+
+    // TODO: Should we take a cancellationToken, since third-party convenience methods don't?
+    // TODO: Should we take a RequestOptions?
+    //   i.e. Is the non-T version of this for protocol-level, or only for operations that
+    //   don't have an output value?
+    public abstract ValueTask<ClientResult> UpdateStatusAsync();
+
+    public abstract ClientResult UpdateStatus();
+
+    // TODO: what is the use case for these?  How do they differ from GetRawResponse() ?
+    public abstract ValueTask<ClientResult> WaitForCompletionResultAsync(TimeSpan pollingInterval, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    public abstract ClientResult WaitForCompletionResult(TimeSpan pollingInterval, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    public abstract ValueTask<ClientResult> WaitForCompletionResultAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    public abstract ClientResult WaitForCompletionResult(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    // TODO: should these be virtual with an internal poller implementation?
+    // TODO: should we have something like DelayStrategy?
+}
+#pragma warning restore CS1591 // public XML comments
diff --git a/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/src/Convenience/ResultOperationOfT.cs b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/src/Convenience/ResultOperationOfT.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..44f9de9c91bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/src/Convenience/ResultOperationOfT.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+using System.ClientModel.Primitives;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace System.ClientModel;
+
+#pragma warning disable CS1591 // public XML comments
+public abstract class ResultOperation<T> : ResultOperation
+{
+    protected ResultOperation(string id, PipelineResponse response) : base(id, response)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public T? Value { get; protected set; }
+
+    public abstract ValueTask<ClientResult<T>> WaitForCompletionAsync(TimeSpan? pollingInterval =default, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    public abstract ClientResult<T> WaitForCompletion(TimeSpan? pollingInterval = default, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+}
+#pragma warning restore CS1591 // public XML comments
diff --git a/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/src/Convenience/ReturnWhen.cs b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/src/Convenience/ReturnWhen.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ce8133f55be3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/src/Convenience/ReturnWhen.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace System.ClientModel;
+
+#pragma warning disable CS1591 // public XML comments
+public enum ReturnWhen
+{
+    Started,
+    Completed
+}
+#pragma warning restore CS1591 // public XML comments
diff --git a/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/src/Convenience/StatusBasedOperation.cs b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/src/Convenience/StatusBasedOperation.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2d047013b35f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/src/Convenience/StatusBasedOperation.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+using System.ClientModel.Primitives;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace System.ClientModel;
+
+#pragma warning disable CS1591 // public XML comments
+public abstract class StatusBasedOperation<TStatus, TValue> : ResultOperation<TValue>
+{
+    protected StatusBasedOperation(string id, TStatus status, PipelineResponse response) : base(id, response)
+    {
+        Status = status;
+    }
+
+    public TStatus Status { get; protected set; }
+
+    public abstract ValueTask<ClientResult<(TStatus Status, TValue? Value)>> WaitForStatusUpdateAsync(TimeSpan? pollingInterval = default, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    public abstract ClientResult<(TStatus Status, TValue? Value)> WaitForStatusUpdate(TimeSpan? pollingInterval = default, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    // TODO: Optional APIs to Pause and Resume polling
+    public abstract void Pause();
+
+    public abstract void Resume();
+}
+#pragma warning restore CS1591 // public XML comments
diff --git a/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/tests/TestFramework/Mocks/MockLroClient.cs b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/tests/TestFramework/Mocks/MockLroClient.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..385f8564723a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/tests/TestFramework/Mocks/MockLroClient.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+using System;
+using System.ClientModel;
+using System.ClientModel.Primitives;
+using Azure.Core.TestFramework;
+
+namespace ClientModel.Tests.Mocks;
+
+public class MockLroClient
+{
+    public virtual ResultOperation<MockJsonModel> GetModelLater(ReturnWhen returnWhen, string content)
+    {
+        throw new NotImplementedException();
+    }
+
+    public virtual ClientResult GetModelLater(string content, RequestOptions? options = default)
+    {
+        throw new NotImplementedException();
+    }
+}