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Constructs/Process

Product or service design → suppliers and partners → governance and decision rights → 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.

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Organizations running it
17
Of their industry
1%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    money
  2. People
    Suppliers and partners
    in 100% of instances
    control
  3. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances
    money
  4. 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
GroupsLayersEverything
Element
Share of instances
Companies
Invariant 4
At least 90% have it
People1
Suppliers and partners
100%
17
Process2
Product or service design
100%
17
Production or delivery
100%
17
Decisions1
Governance and decision rights
100%
17
Variant 21
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People2
Sales
24%
4
Account management
24%
4
Process4
Lead generation
53%
9
Quality control
35%
6
Billing and invoicing
29%
5
Hiring
29%
5
Software2
Core system of record
53%
9
Integrations
41%
7
Data4
Reporting and dashboards
65%
11
Cash and treasury
41%
7
Legal and contracts administration
41%
7
Data management
24%
4
Decisions9
Market and positioning
71%
12
Pricing
65%
11
Strategy and goals
65%
11
Regulatory compliance
59%
10
Budgeting and forecasting
35%
6
Licences and registrations
35%
6
Policies and culture
29%
5
Security and access
29%
5
Contracts
24%
4
Variant · where they differ
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

See Member
Couplings · what comes together
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

See Member
Entropy
Where it runs rough

Operating-reality findings at instance companies: workarounds, manual hand-offs, bottlenecks.

  • Licences and registrations3 findings
    Dependency 2 · Dependency (public record) 1 · at 3 companies
  • Suppliers and partners3 findings
    Dependency (public record) 2 · Dependency 1 · at 3 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
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product53%
  • marketplace12%
  • service12%
  • subscription12%
  • asset6%
Size
  • 1000+ people24%
  • 11-50 people24%
  • 201-500 people12%
  • 51-200 people12%
Region
  • United States47%
  • China12%
  • France6%
  • Germany6%
  • India6%
  • New Zealand6%
Instances
The 17 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

See Member