System Atlas

Regulatory compliance → product or service design → budgeting and forecasting → org structure (+1)

How information is recorded, decided on and fed back. Mostly data and decisions, with information fed back.

Within one industryHolds in Information & media. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
13
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Regulatory compliance
    in 100% of instances
    control
  2. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. Decisions
    Budgeting and forecasting
    in 100% of instances
    then
  4. People
    Org structure
    in 100% of instances
    money
  5. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances

Coloured arrows: a flow of that type seen between the two at instance organizations. Grey arrows: order only.

Structure
Element
Share of instances
Companies
Invariant 5
At least 90% have it
People1
Org structure
100%
13
Process1
Product or service design
100%
13
Decisions3
Regulatory compliance
100%
13
Budgeting and forecasting
100%
13
Governance and decision rights
100%
13
Variant 21
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People3
Suppliers and partners
69%
9
Sales
31%
4
Account management
31%
4
Process6
Lead generation
62%
8
Hiring
54%
7
Production or delivery
46%
6
Quality control
46%
6
Billing and invoicing
46%
6
Scheduling and capacity
31%
4
Software3
Integrations
38%
5
Core system of record
31%
4
Communication tools
31%
4
Data3
Legal and contracts administration
54%
7
Data management
31%
4
Cash and treasury
23%
3
Decisions6
Strategy and goals
62%
8
Pricing
54%
7
Policies and culture
46%
6
Contracts
23%
3
Security and access
23%
3
Licences and registrations
23%
3
Variant · where they differ
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

Couplings · what comes together
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

Entropy
Where it runs rough

Operating-reality findings at instance companies: workarounds, manual hand-offs, bottlenecks.

  • Scheduling and capacity2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 2 · at 2 companies
  • Suppliers and partners2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 2 · at 2 companies
  • Account management1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Billing and invoicing1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Production or delivery1 finding
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Tacit rule (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Legal and contracts administration1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Cash and treasury1 finding
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product54%
  • marketplace23%
  • service15%
  • subscription8%
Size
  • 1000+ people62%
  • 11-50 people8%
  • 51-200 people8%
Region
  • United States69%
  • China8%
  • Germany8%
  • India8%
  • Russia8%
Instances
The 13 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.