System Atlas

Market and positioning → lead generation → pricing → suppliers and partners (+5)

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

Cross-industryRun by organizations in 6 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
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    money
  2. Process
    Lead generation
    in 90% of instances
    then
  3. Decisions
    Pricing
    in 100% of instances
    then
  4. People
    Suppliers and partners
    in 90% of instances
    then
  5. Decisions
    Regulatory compliance
    in 90% of instances
    then
  6. Decisions
    Strategy and goals
    in 90% of instances
    then
  7. Decisions
    Contracts
    in 100% of instances
    then
  8. Process
    Product or service design
    in 90% of instances
    information
  9. Software
    Integrations
    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
Policies and culture
80%
8
Security and access
70%
7
Governance and decision rights
40%
4
Performance and pay
30%
3
Licences and registrations
20%
2
Data protection and security assurance
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.

  • Pricing4 findings
    Manual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 1 · Workaround (public record) 1 · at 4 companies
  • Sales3 findings
    Manual hand-off 2 · Dependency 1 · at 2 companies
  • Production or delivery2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 2 companies
  • Suppliers and partners2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Manual hand-off (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
  • Billing and invoicing1 finding
    Manual hand-off 1 · at 1 company
  • Scheduling and capacity1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Data protection and security assurance1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • subscription40%
  • product30%
  • marketplace10%
Size
  • 501-1000 people20%
  • 1000+ people10%
Region
  • United States60%
  • Los Angeles, California, United States10%
  • San Francisco, CA10%
  • San Francisco, United States10%
  • Singapore10%
Instances
The 10 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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