System Atlas

Regulatory compliance → product or service design → governance and decision rights → org structure (+1)

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

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
16
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
    control
  3. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances
    control
  4. People
    Org structure
    in 94% of instances
    then
  5. Software
    Core system of record
    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
94%
15
Process1
Product or service design
100%
16
Software1
Core system of record
100%
16
Decisions2
Regulatory compliance
100%
16
Governance and decision rights
100%
16
Variant 18
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People1
Suppliers and partners
63%
10
Process6
Lead generation
56%
9
Quality control
56%
9
Production or delivery
44%
7
Scheduling and capacity
44%
7
Billing and invoicing
38%
6
Hiring
38%
6
Software2
Communication tools
31%
5
Integrations
31%
5
Data3
Data management
44%
7
Cash and treasury
31%
5
Legal and contracts administration
31%
5
Decisions6
Strategy and goals
69%
11
Market and positioning
63%
10
Pricing
50%
8
Policies and culture
44%
7
Security and access
38%
6
Budgeting and forecasting
25%
4
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
  • Org structure2 findings
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · Informal channel (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
  • Communication tools1 finding
    Workaround (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Strategy and goals1 finding
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Suppliers and partners1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Core system of record1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product69%
  • marketplace19%
  • subscription13%
Size
  • 1000+ people56%
  • 11-50 people13%
  • 201-500 people6%
  • 501-1000 people6%
Region
  • United States56%
  • China25%
  • Japan6%
  • South Korea6%
Instances
The 16 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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