System Atlas

Customer data → strategy and goals → governance and decision rights → 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
19
Of their industry
25%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Data
    Customer data
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Decisions
    Strategy and goals
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances
    control
  4. People
    Org structure
    in 100% of instances
    then
  5. Data
    Reporting and dashboards
    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
Legal and contracts administration
37%
7
Cash and treasury
32%
6
Data management
21%
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.

  • Suppliers and partners3 findings
    Dependency (public record) 3 · at 3 companies
  • Scheduling and capacity1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Customer data1 finding
    Informal channel (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Tacit rule (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Org structure1 finding
    Informal channel (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Quality control1 finding
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Reporting and dashboards1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Strategy and goals1 finding
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product53%
  • marketplace26%
  • subscription21%
Size
  • 1000+ people47%
  • 11-50 people16%
  • 51-200 people11%
  • 201-500 people5%
Region
  • United States68%
  • India5%
  • Japan5%
  • New Zealand5%
  • Russia5%
  • Singapore / United States5%
Instances
The 19 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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