System Atlas

Market and positioning → reporting and dashboards → lead generation → pricing (+7)

How information is recorded, decided on and fed back. Mostly data and decisions, with information fed back.

Within one industryHolds in Information & media. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
10
Of their industry
13%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Data
    Reporting and dashboards
    in 90% of instances
    then
  3. Process
    Lead generation
    in 90% of instances
    then
  4. Decisions
    Pricing
    in 100% of instances
    control
  5. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    information
  6. People
    Suppliers and partners
    in 90% of instances
    material
  7. Data
    Customer data
    in 100% of instances
    then
  8. Decisions
    Regulatory compliance
    in 90% of instances
    information
  9. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances
    control
  10. People
    Org structure
    in 90% of instances
    then
  11. Data
    Legal and contracts administration
    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
Invariant 11
At least 90% have it
People2
Suppliers and partners
90%
9
Org structure
90%
9
Process2
Lead generation
90%
9
Product or service design
100%
10
Data3
Reporting and dashboards
90%
9
Customer data
100%
10
Legal and contracts administration
100%
10
Decisions4
Market and positioning
100%
10
Pricing
100%
10
Regulatory compliance
90%
9
Governance and decision rights
100%
10
Variant 16
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People2
Sales
30%
3
Account management
30%
3
Process5
Quality control
50%
5
Production or delivery
40%
4
Billing and invoicing
40%
4
Hiring
30%
3
Scheduling and capacity
30%
3
Software3
Integrations
50%
5
Core system of record
30%
3
Communication tools
20%
2
Data1
Cash and treasury
40%
4
Decisions5
Strategy and goals
80%
8
Policies and culture
60%
6
Contracts
40%
4
Budgeting and forecasting
40%
4
Security and access
30%
3
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.

  • Account management1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Scheduling and capacity1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Tacit rule (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Integrations1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Org structure1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Pricing1 finding
    Workaround (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Reporting and dashboards1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Suppliers and partners1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product60%
  • marketplace20%
  • subscription20%
Size
  • 1000+ people30%
  • 51-200 people20%
  • 11-50 people10%
Region
  • United States60%
  • France10%
  • India10%
  • Singapore10%
Instances
The 10 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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