Market and positioning → lead generation → pricing → security and access (+1)
Gates that decide who and what passes, with work flowing in and out. Security and access is a gate: 1 flow in and 4 out.
Within one industryHolds in Cloud, data centre and data platform providers. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.
- Organizations running it
- 52
- Of their industry
- 0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
- DecisionsMarket and positioningin 98% of instancesmoney
- ProcessLead generationin 100% of instancesthen
- DecisionsPricingin 100% of instancesthen
- DecisionsSecurity and accessin 100% of instancescontrol
- ProcessProduct or service designin 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
Strategy and goals
77%
40
Policies and culture
69%
36
Regulatory compliance
65%
34
Contracts
52%
27
Governance and decision rights
35%
18
Performance and pay
31%
16
Data protection and security assurance
31%
16
Security certifications and audits
25%
13
Usage pricing and metering
23%
12
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.
- Sales18 findingsManual hand-off 10 · Dependency 6 · Bottleneck 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 17 companies
- Suppliers and partners14 findingsDependency 13 · Manual hand-off (public record) 1 · at 14 companies
- Customer service and support9 findingsDependency 3 · Informal channel 2 · Manual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 2 · at 9 companies
- Pricing8 findingsManual hand-off 3 · Tacit rule 3 · Dependency 2 · at 8 companies
- Production or delivery7 findingsDependency 5 · Bottleneck 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 7 companies
- Customer onboarding5 findingsDependency 4 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 5 companies
- Product or service design4 findingsDependency 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · Informal channel 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 4 companies
- Security and access4 findingsWorkaround 3 · Dependency 1 · at 4 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Industries
Business model
- subscription21%
- product4%
- marketplace2%
- service2%
Size
- 1000+ people10%
- 11-50 people10%
- 51-200 people10%
- 501-1000 people8%
- 201-500 people6%
Region
- United States40%
- France6%
- San Francisco, United States6%
- North America4%
- United Kingdom4%
- Bay Area, CA and Amsterdam, NL2%
Instances
The 52 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances
Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.