System Atlas

Market and positioning → lead generation → product or service design → suppliers and partners (+5)

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

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
16
Of their industry
21%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    money
  2. Process
    Lead generation
    in 94% of instances
    then
  3. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    money
  4. People
    Suppliers and partners
    in 94% of instances
    information
  5. Data
    Customer data
    in 100% of instances
    then
  6. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances
    control
  7. People
    Org structure
    in 100% of instances
    then
  8. Decisions
    Policies and culture
    in 100% of instances
    control
  9. Process
    Quality control
    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
Process4
Hiring
69%
11
Billing and invoicing
63%
10
Scheduling and capacity
38%
6
Customer onboarding
25%
4
Software2
Core system of record
44%
7
Integrations
44%
7
Data3
Reporting and dashboards
69%
11
Cash and treasury
31%
5
Legal and contracts administration
31%
5
Decisions5
Strategy and goals
69%
11
Pricing
63%
10
Budgeting and forecasting
44%
7
Security and access
38%
6
Contracts
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.

  • Scheduling and capacity2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 2 · at 2 companies
  • Suppliers and partners2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 1 · Manual hand-off (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Product or service design1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Org structure1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product44%
  • marketplace38%
  • subscription19%
Size
  • 1000+ people50%
  • 201-500 people13%
  • 501-1000 people13%
  • 11-50 people6%
  • 51-200 people6%
Region
  • United States81%
  • France6%
  • Singapore / United States6%
Instances
The 16 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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