System Atlas

Market and positioning → norms and standards → member states → data management (+3)

Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Process steps that hand work to each other.

Cross-industryRun by organizations in 4 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
10
Of their industry
4%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Process
    Norms and standards
    in 100% of instances
    information
  3. People
    Member states
    in 90% of instances
    information
  4. Data
    Data management
    in 90% of instances
    information
  5. Software
    Communication tools
    in 90% of instances
    then
  6. Process
    Management cadence
    in 100% of instances
    information
  7. 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 7
At least 90% have it
People1
Member states
90%
9
Process2
Norms and standards
100%
10
Management cadence
100%
10
Software1
Communication tools
90%
9
Data1
Data management
90%
9
Decisions2
Market and positioning
100%
10
Governance and decision rights
100%
10
Variant 27
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People4
Secretariat and executive head
80%
8
Partnerships
70%
7
Customer service and support
40%
4
Org structure
30%
3
Process12
Production or delivery
80%
8
Hiring
70%
7
Country offices and field presence
50%
5
Assessed contributions
50%
5
Lead generation
40%
4
Quality control
40%
4
Customer onboarding
40%
4
Product or service design
30%
3
Planning and scheduling
30%
3
Voluntary and earmarked contributions
30%
3
Evaluation and oversight offices
30%
3
Retention and renewal
20%
2
Software1
Systems: tools and data
40%
4
Data2
Reporting and dashboards
40%
4
Inventory and assets
30%
3
Decisions8
Founding treaty and mandate
70%
7
Strategy and goals
60%
6
Budgeting and forecasting
50%
5
Pricing
40%
4
Policies and culture
40%
4
Resolutions and decisions
40%
4
Security and access
20%
2
Regulatory compliance
20%
2
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.

  • Management cadence3 findings
    Dependency 2 · Bottleneck 1 · at 3 companies
  • Governance and decision rights3 findings
    Bottleneck 1 · Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Hiring2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Pricing2 findings
    Tacit rule 1 · Workaround 1 · at 2 companies
  • Voluntary and earmarked contributions2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 2 companies
  • Data management1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Country offices and field presence1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Lead generation1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Size
  • 1000+ people20%
  • 501-1000 people20%
Region
  • Switzerland60%
  • Canada10%
  • France10%
  • Indonesia10%
  • United Kingdom10%
Instances
The 10 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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