System Atlas

Market and positioning → pricing → product or service design → integrations (+2)

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
11
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 91% of instances
    money
  2. Decisions
    Pricing
    in 91% of instances
    then
  3. Process
    Product or service design
    in 91% of instances
    then
  4. Software
    Integrations
    in 100% of instances
    then
  5. Process
    Lead generation
    in 91% of instances
    information
  6. People
    Sales
    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
Policies and culture
64%
7
Regulatory compliance
64%
7
Security and access
55%
6
Contracts
45%
5
Governance and decision rights
45%
5
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.

  • Sales4 findings
    Manual hand-off 3 · Dependency 1 · at 3 companies
  • Pricing3 findings
    Manual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 1 · at 3 companies
  • Production or delivery2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 2 companies
  • Hiring1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Planning and scheduling1 finding
    Tacit rule 1 · at 1 company
  • Proposals and quoting1 finding
    Manual hand-off 1 · at 1 company
  • Customer service and support1 finding
    Tacit rule 1 · at 1 company
  • Core system of record1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product36%
  • subscription36%
  • service9%
Size
  • 1000+ people36%
  • 201-500 people9%
Region
  • United States55%
  • Australia9%
  • Los Angeles, California, United States9%
  • San Francisco, CA9%
  • San Francisco, United States9%
Instances
The 11 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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