System Atlas

Org structure → hiring → data management → regulatory compliance (+2)

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
10
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. People
    Org structure
    in 90% of instances
    then
  2. Process
    Hiring
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. Data
    Data management
    in 100% of instances
    then
  4. Decisions
    Regulatory compliance
    in 100% of instances
    control
  5. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 90% of instances
    money
  6. Process
    Product or service design
    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 6
At least 90% have it
People1
Org structure
90%
9
Process2
Hiring
100%
10
Product or service design
100%
10
Data1
Data management
100%
10
Decisions2
Regulatory compliance
100%
10
Market and positioning
90%
9
Variant 30
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People4
Suppliers and partners
80%
8
Sales
50%
5
Customer service and support
40%
4
Account management
20%
2
Process9
Lead generation
60%
6
Quality control
60%
6
Billing and invoicing
60%
6
Production or delivery
50%
5
Logistics and fulfilment
30%
3
Customer onboarding
30%
3
Planning and scheduling
20%
2
Scheduling and capacity
20%
2
Learning and improvement
20%
2
Software3
Core system of record
60%
6
Integrations
40%
4
Communication tools
20%
2
Data5
Customer data
70%
7
Reporting and dashboards
60%
6
Legal and contracts administration
40%
4
Cash and treasury
30%
3
Inventory and assets
20%
2
Decisions9
Security and access
70%
7
Strategy and goals
70%
7
Governance and decision rights
70%
7
Pricing
60%
6
Licences and registrations
60%
6
Policies and culture
50%
5
Contracts
30%
3
Budgeting and forecasting
30%
3
Performance and pay
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.

  • Sales3 findings
    Manual hand-off 2 · Dependency 1 · at 2 companies
  • Billing and invoicing2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 2 companies
  • Org structure2 findings
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · Informal channel (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
  • Pricing2 findings
    Manual hand-off 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Communication tools1 finding
    Workaround (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Customer data1 finding
    Informal channel (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Production or delivery1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Hiring1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Instances
The 10 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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