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Market and positioning → partnerships → production or delivery → norms and standards (+4)

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

Cross-industryRun by organizations in 5 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

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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. People
    Partnerships
    in 100% of instances
    work
  3. Process
    Production or delivery
    in 90% of instances
    then
  4. Process
    Norms and standards
    in 90% of instances
    information
  5. People
    Member states
    in 90% of instances
    then
  6. Software
    Communication tools
    in 100% of instances
    then
  7. Data
    Data management
    in 90% of instances
    then
  8. 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
GroupsLayersEverything
Element
Share of instances
Companies
Invariant 8
At least 90% have it
People2
Partnerships
100%
10
Member states
90%
9
Process2
Production or delivery
90%
9
Norms and standards
90%
9
Software1
Communication tools
100%
10
Data1
Data management
90%
9
Decisions2
Market and positioning
100%
10
Governance and decision rights
100%
10
Variant 26
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People3
Secretariat and executive head
70%
7
Customer service and support
50%
5
Org structure
40%
4
Process11
Country offices and field presence
80%
8
Hiring
70%
7
Management cadence
70%
7
Lead generation
50%
5
Product or service design
40%
4
Planning and scheduling
40%
4
Quality control
40%
4
Assessed contributions
40%
4
Voluntary and earmarked contributions
40%
4
Evaluation and oversight offices
30%
3
Customer onboarding
20%
2
Software1
Systems: tools and data
20%
2
Data3
Inventory and assets
40%
4
Reporting and dashboards
40%
4
Customer data
20%
2
Decisions8
Founding treaty and mandate
80%
8
Strategy and goals
70%
7
Budgeting and forecasting
50%
5
Resolutions and decisions
50%
5
Pricing
40%
4
Policies and culture
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.

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Couplings · what comes together
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

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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
  • Voluntary and earmarked contributions3 findings
    Dependency 3 · at 3 companies
  • Governance and decision rights2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Informal channel 1 · at 2 companies
  • Hiring2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Org structure2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 2 companies
  • Pricing2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Customer data1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Production or delivery1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Size
  • 1000+ people40%
  • 501-1000 people10%
Region
  • Switzerland50%
  • France20%
  • Canada10%
  • Central Europe10%
  • Germany10%
Instances
The 10 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

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