System Atlas

Market and positioning → inventory and assets → org structure

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

Within one industryHolds in Tertiary education. 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. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Data
    Inventory and assets
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. People
    Org structure
    in 94% 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
Suppliers and partners
44%
7
Customer service and support
31%
5
Student services
25%
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.

  • Enrolment3 findings
    Dependency 2 · Informal channel 1 · at 3 companies
  • Research enterprise and sponsored programs3 findings
    Dependency 2 · Tacit rule 1 · at 3 companies
  • Core system of record3 findings
    Dependency 3 · at 3 companies
  • Regulatory compliance2 findings
    Bottleneck 1 · Dependency 1 · at 2 companies
  • Production or delivery2 findings
    Tacit rule 2 · at 2 companies
  • Lead generation2 findings
    Informal channel 2 · at 2 companies
  • Org structure2 findings
    Bottleneck 1 · Dependency 1 · at 2 companies
  • Advancement and alumni relations1 finding
    Informal channel 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • service13%
Size
  • 1000+ people63%
  • 501-1000 people6%
Region
  • Brazil25%
  • United States25%
  • France13%
  • United Kingdom13%
  • Canada6%
  • Croatia6%
Instances
The 16 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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