System Atlas

Market and positioning → pricing → product or service design → org structure (+5)

Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Process steps that hand work to each other.

Cross-industryRun by organizations in 6 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
12
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    money
  2. Decisions
    Pricing
    in 92% of instances
    then
  3. Process
    Product or service design
    in 92% of instances
    then
  4. People
    Org structure
    in 92% of instances
    then
  5. Process
    Hiring
    in 100% of instances
    then
  6. Software
    Integrations
    in 100% of instances
    then
  7. Decisions
    Regulatory compliance
    in 92% of instances
    then
  8. Decisions
    Strategy and goals
    in 92% of instances
    control
  9. Process
    Lead generation
    in 92% 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
Market and positioning
100%
12
Pricing
92%
11
Regulatory compliance
92%
11
Strategy and goals
92%
11
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.

  • Pricing3 findings
    Manual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 1 · at 3 companies
  • Sales3 findings
    Manual hand-off 2 · Dependency 1 · at 2 companies
  • Production or delivery2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 2 companies
  • Core system of record2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
  • Billing and invoicing1 finding
    Manual hand-off 1 · at 1 company
  • Scheduling and capacity1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Communication tools1 finding
    Workaround (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product50%
  • subscription25%
  • marketplace8%
Size
  • 1000+ people33%
  • 501-1000 people17%
  • 11-50 people8%
Region
  • United States75%
  • Los Angeles, California, United States8%
  • San Francisco, CA8%
  • San Francisco, United States8%
Instances
The 12 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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