System Atlas

Security and access → 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
16
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Security and access
    in 100% of instances
    control
  2. Process
    Product or service design
    in 94% of instances
    work
  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
Invariant 3
At least 90% have it
Process2
Product or service design
94%
15
Production or delivery
100%
16
Decisions1
Security and access
100%
16
Variant 25
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People4
Suppliers and partners
69%
11
Org structure
69%
11
Sales
50%
8
Customer service and support
44%
7
Process7
Lead generation
69%
11
Hiring
50%
8
Customer onboarding
44%
7
Billing and invoicing
31%
5
Quality control
25%
4
Logistics and fulfilment
25%
4
Learning and improvement
25%
4
Software2
Integrations
50%
8
Core system of record
31%
5
Data4
Reporting and dashboards
50%
8
Customer data
38%
6
Legal and contracts administration
38%
6
Data management
31%
5
Decisions8
Pricing
69%
11
Regulatory compliance
63%
10
Strategy and goals
56%
9
Policies and culture
44%
7
Governance and decision rights
44%
7
Contracts
38%
6
Data protection and security assurance
31%
5
Licences and registrations
25%
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.

  • Sales5 findings
    Manual hand-off 4 · Dependency 1 · at 4 companies
  • Production or delivery4 findings
    Dependency 2 · Bottleneck 1 · Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 4 companies
  • Pricing3 findings
    Dependency 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 3 companies
  • Billing and invoicing2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 2 companies
  • Customer onboarding2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 2 companies
  • Data protection and security assurance1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Hiring1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Legal and contracts administration1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • subscription31%
  • service25%
  • product13%
  • marketplace6%
Size
  • 1000+ people13%
  • 11-50 people13%
  • 201-500 people13%
Region
  • United States31%
  • Canada6%
  • China6%
  • France6%
  • Germany6%
  • New Zealand6%
Instances
The 16 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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