System Atlas

Lead generation → pricing → strategy and goals → product or service design (+1)

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

Cross-industryRun by organizations in 8 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
16
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Process
    Lead generation
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Decisions
    Pricing
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. Decisions
    Strategy and goals
    in 94% of instances
    then
  4. Process
    Product or service design
    in 94% of instances
    information
  5. Software
    Integrations
    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
People2
Sales
56%
9
Customer service and support
44%
7
Process7
Hiring
63%
10
Production or delivery
56%
9
Quality control
56%
9
Customer onboarding
44%
7
Billing and invoicing
44%
7
Scheduling and capacity
31%
5
Logistics and fulfilment
25%
4
Software1
Core system of record
50%
8
Data5
Customer data
69%
11
Reporting and dashboards
56%
9
Legal and contracts administration
44%
7
Inventory and assets
31%
5
Data management
25%
4
Decisions5
Regulatory compliance
75%
12
Policies and culture
69%
11
Security and access
63%
10
Governance and decision rights
63%
10
Contracts
56%
9
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.

  • Pricing4 findings
    Manual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 1 · Workaround (public record) 1 · at 4 companies
  • Sales4 findings
    Manual hand-off 3 · Dependency 1 · at 3 companies
  • Scheduling and capacity2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 2 · at 2 companies
  • Production or delivery2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 2 companies
  • Billing and invoicing1 finding
    Manual hand-off 1 · at 1 company
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Hiring1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Integrations1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product38%
  • subscription38%
  • marketplace6%
  • service6%
Size
  • 1000+ people25%
  • 11-50 people13%
  • 501-1000 people13%
Region
  • United States56%
  • Los Angeles, California, United States6%
  • New Zealand6%
  • San Francisco, CA6%
  • San Francisco, United States6%
  • Singapore6%
Instances
The 16 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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