System Atlas

Strategy and goals → governance and decision rights → org structure → product or service design (+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.

Organizations running it
13
Of their industry
1%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Strategy and goals
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 92% of instances
    control
  3. People
    Org structure
    in 92% of instances
    then
  4. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    information
  5. 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
Core system of record
62%
8
Integrations
46%
6
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
  • Pricing2 findings
    Tacit rule 1 · Workaround (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
  • Account management1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Production or delivery1 finding
    Dependency 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
  • Market and positioning1 finding
    Tacit rule 1 · at 1 company
  • Org structure1 finding
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product62%
  • subscription23%
  • asset8%
  • marketplace8%
Size
  • 1000+ people23%
  • 11-50 people23%
  • 51-200 people15%
  • 201-500 people8%
Region
  • United States46%
  • South Korea15%
  • India8%
  • New Zealand8%
  • Northern California, United States8%
  • Russia8%
Instances
The 13 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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