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Constructs/Process

Market and positioning → product or service design → production or delivery → org structure (+1)

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
18
Of their industry
1%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    information
  2. Process
    Product or service design
    in 94% of instances
    information
  3. Process
    Production or delivery
    in 100% of instances
    then
  4. People
    Org structure
    in 100% of instances
    money
  5. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 94% 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 5
At least 90% have it
People1
Org structure
100%
18
Process2
Product or service design
94%
17
Production or delivery
100%
18
Decisions2
Market and positioning
100%
18
Governance and decision rights
94%
17
Variant 23
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People2
Suppliers and partners
78%
14
Sales
33%
6
Process5
Lead generation
44%
8
Logistics and fulfilment
33%
6
Hiring
33%
6
Quality control
28%
5
Billing and invoicing
28%
5
Software2
Core system of record
33%
6
Integrations
22%
4
Data5
Customer data
61%
11
Cash and treasury
39%
7
Reporting and dashboards
33%
6
Legal and contracts administration
28%
5
Data management
22%
4
Decisions9
Strategy and goals
72%
13
Regulatory compliance
67%
12
Pricing
50%
9
Licences and registrations
39%
7
Policies and culture
33%
6
Budgeting and forecasting
28%
5
Contracts
22%
4
Performance and pay
22%
4
Security and access
22%
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 registrations4 findings
    Dependency 3 · Dependency (public record) 1 · at 4 companies
  • Suppliers and partners4 findings
    Dependency 2 · Dependency (public record) 2 · at 4 companies
  • Governance and decision rights3 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · Tacit rule (public record) 1 · at 3 companies
  • Org structure3 findings
    Dependency 2 · Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 3 companies
  • Regulatory compliance2 findings
    Bottleneck 1 · Workaround 1 · at 2 companies
  • Production or delivery2 findings
    Bottleneck 1 · Dependency 1 · at 2 companies
  • Market and positioning2 findings
    Tacit rule 2 · at 2 companies
  • Product or service design2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product56%
  • marketplace11%
  • asset6%
  • service6%
  • subscription6%
Size
  • 1000+ people33%
  • 201-500 people17%
  • 11-50 people11%
  • 501-1000 people6%
  • 51-200 people6%
Region
  • United States56%
  • France17%
  • China6%
  • India6%
  • Northern California, United States6%
  • Philippines6%
Instances
The 18 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

See Member