System Atlas

Lead generation → 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
25
Of their industry
9%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Process
    Lead generation
    in 100% of instances
    money
  2. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances
    control
  3. People
    Org structure
    in 92% of instances
    control
  4. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    information
  5. Data
    Customer data
    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
Strategy and goals
72%
18
Pricing
64%
16
Policies and culture
64%
16
Security and access
40%
10
Budgeting and forecasting
36%
9
Contracts
24%
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.

  • Scheduling and capacity2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 2 · at 2 companies
  • Suppliers and partners2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 1 · Manual hand-off (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Integrations1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Product or service design1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Org structure1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Pricing1 finding
    Workaround (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Quality control1 finding
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product56%
  • marketplace24%
  • subscription20%
Size
  • 1000+ people52%
  • 11-50 people8%
  • 501-1000 people8%
  • 201-500 people4%
  • 51-200 people4%
Region
  • United States64%
  • China8%
  • France4%
  • India4%
  • New Zealand4%
  • Russia4%
Instances
The 25 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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