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Constructs/Process

Product or service design → suppliers and partners → 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
36
Of their industry
3%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    money
  2. People
    Suppliers and partners
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. People
    Org structure
    in 92% of instances
    money
  4. 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
Invariant 4
At least 90% have it
People2
Suppliers and partners
100%
36
Org structure
92%
33
Process1
Product or service design
100%
36
Decisions1
Governance and decision rights
100%
36
Variant 21
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People1
Sales
25%
9
Process6
Lead generation
61%
22
Production or delivery
56%
20
Quality control
50%
18
Hiring
44%
16
Billing and invoicing
42%
15
Scheduling and capacity
28%
10
Software2
Core system of record
44%
16
Integrations
33%
12
Data4
Reporting and dashboards
67%
24
Cash and treasury
36%
13
Legal and contracts administration
36%
13
Data management
22%
8
Decisions8
Market and positioning
78%
28
Strategy and goals
72%
26
Pricing
67%
24
Regulatory compliance
67%
24
Policies and culture
53%
19
Security and access
36%
13
Budgeting and forecasting
28%
10
Licences and registrations
22%
8
Variant · where they differ
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

See Member
Couplings · what comes together
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

See Member
Entropy
Where it runs rough

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

  • Suppliers and partners7 findings
    Dependency 3 · Dependency (public record) 3 · Manual hand-off (public record) 1 · at 7 companies
  • Licences and registrations4 findings
    Dependency 3 · Dependency (public record) 1 · at 4 companies
  • Production or delivery3 findings
    Bottleneck 1 · Bottleneck (public record) 1 · Workaround 1 · at 3 companies
  • Governance and decision rights3 findings
    Dependency 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · Tacit rule (public record) 1 · at 3 companies
  • Org structure3 findings
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · Informal channel (public record) 1 · at 3 companies
  • Product or service design2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
  • Billing and invoicing1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Scheduling and capacity1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product44%
  • marketplace25%
  • subscription17%
  • service6%
  • asset3%
Size
  • 1000+ people36%
  • 11-50 people14%
  • 201-500 people14%
  • 51-200 people8%
  • 501-1000 people6%
Region
  • United States58%
  • France8%
  • China6%
  • Germany3%
  • India3%
  • Italy3%
Instances
The 36 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

See Member