System Atlas

Security and access → product or service design → customer data → org structure (+1)

Gates that decide who and what passes, with work flowing in and out. Security and access is a gate: 1 flow in and 2 out.

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
17
Of their industry
8%
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
    information
  3. Data
    Customer data
    in 94% of instances
    then
  4. People
    Org structure
    in 100% of instances
    money
  5. 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
Element
Share of instances
Companies
Data management
35%
6
Legal and contracts administration
35%
6
Cash and treasury
24%
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.

  • Billing and invoicing1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Customer data1 finding
    Informal channel (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Production or delivery1 finding
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Legal and contracts administration1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Product or service design1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Org structure1 finding
    Informal channel (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Strategy and goals1 finding
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • subscription41%
  • product29%
  • marketplace18%
  • service12%
Size
  • 1000+ people35%
  • 11-50 people18%
  • 501-1000 people18%
  • 201-500 people6%
  • 51-200 people6%
Region
  • United States59%
  • China6%
  • Germany6%
  • Japan6%
  • New Zealand6%
  • Singapore / United States6%
Instances
The 17 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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