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Constructs/Process

Product or service design → org structure → governance and decision rights

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
39
Of their industry
17%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Process
    Product or service design
    in 97% of instances
    then
  2. People
    Org structure
    in 100% of instances
    money
  3. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% 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
Core system of record
56%
22
Integrations
36%
14
Communication tools
21%
8
Variant · where they differ
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Variants, couplings and instances

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Couplings · what comes together
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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Entropy
Where it runs rough

Operating-reality findings at instance companies: workarounds, manual hand-offs, bottlenecks.

  • Suppliers and partners4 findings
    Dependency (public record) 3 · Manual hand-off (public record) 1 · at 4 companies
  • Org structure3 findings
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · Informal channel (public record) 1 · at 3 companies
  • Scheduling and capacity2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 2 · at 2 companies
  • Governance and decision rights2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 1 · Tacit rule (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
  • Account management1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Billing and invoicing1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Communication tools1 finding
    Workaround (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Production or delivery1 finding
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product49%
  • marketplace23%
  • subscription21%
  • service5%
Size
  • 1000+ people46%
  • 11-50 people13%
  • 201-500 people8%
  • 501-1000 people8%
  • 51-200 people8%
Region
  • United States67%
  • China5%
  • South Korea5%
  • France3%
  • Germany3%
  • India3%
Instances
The 39 companies it was seen at
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Variants, couplings and instances

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