System Atlas

Product or service design → production or delivery (work flow)

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

Cross-industryRun by organizations in 11 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
28
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    work
  2. Process
    Production or delivery
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    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
Strategy and goals
75%
21
Policies and culture
71%
20
Pricing
50%
14
Regulatory compliance
46%
13
Data protection and security assurance
43%
12
Security and access
39%
11
Contracts
36%
10
Usage pricing and metering
32%
9
Health, safety and environment
29%
8
Performance and pay
21%
6
Usage policies and model documentation
21%
6
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.

  • Suppliers and partners12 findings
    Dependency 11 · Workaround 1 · at 10 companies
  • Production or delivery8 findings
    Dependency 3 · Bottleneck 2 · Manual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 1 · at 8 companies
  • Sales7 findings
    Manual hand-off 3 · Dependency 2 · Informal channel 2 · at 7 companies
  • Customer onboarding4 findings
    Dependency 4 · at 3 companies
  • Pricing4 findings
    Dependency 2 · Tacit rule 2 · at 4 companies
  • Quality control4 findings
    Dependency 3 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 4 companies
  • Hiring3 findings
    Bottleneck 1 · Dependency 1 · Informal channel 1 · at 3 companies
  • Customer service and support3 findings
    Dependency 1 · Informal channel 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 3 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product7%
  • subscription7%
Size
  • 1000+ people11%
  • 501-1000 people7%
  • 11-50 people4%
  • 201-500 people4%
Region
  • United States25%
  • France7%
  • North America7%
  • California, United States4%
  • Denver, Colorado, United States4%
  • Germany / United States4%
Instances
The 28 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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