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 Artificial intelligence. 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.