System Atlas

Governance and decision rights → product or service design → production or delivery

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
18
Of their industry
1%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances
    control
  2. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    information
  3. Process
    Production or delivery
    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
Lead generation
56%
10
Quality control
33%
6
Billing and invoicing
28%
5
Hiring
22%
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.

  • Licences and registrations2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
  • Account management1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Billing and invoicing1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Production or delivery1 finding
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Tacit rule (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Integrations1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Legal and contracts administration1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Market and positioning1 finding
    Tacit rule 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product61%
  • marketplace11%
  • service11%
  • subscription11%
  • asset6%
Size
  • 1000+ people28%
  • 11-50 people22%
  • 201-500 people11%
  • 51-200 people11%
Region
  • United States44%
  • China11%
  • South Korea11%
  • Germany6%
  • India6%
  • New Zealand6%
Instances
The 18 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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