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Governance and decision rights → org structure → policies and culture → product or service design (+1)

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.

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Organizations running it
19
Of their industry
24%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances
    control
  2. People
    Org structure
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. Decisions
    Policies and culture
    in 100% of instances
    then
  4. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    information
  5. Data
    Customer data
    in 100% of instances

Coloured arrows: a flow of that type seen between the two at instance organizations. Grey arrows: order only.

Structure
GroupsLayersEverything
Element
Share of instances
Companies
Invariant 5
At least 90% have it
People1
Org structure
100%
19
Process1
Product or service design
100%
19
Data1
Customer data
100%
19
Decisions2
Governance and decision rights
100%
19
Policies and culture
100%
19
Variant 19
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People1
Sales
21%
4
Process6
Hiring
63%
12
Billing and invoicing
53%
10
Scheduling and capacity
37%
7
Production or delivery
21%
4
Customer onboarding
21%
4
Payments and payables
21%
4
Software3
Core system of record
47%
9
Integrations
47%
9
Communication tools
21%
4
Data3
Reporting and dashboards
68%
13
Legal and contracts administration
37%
7
Cash and treasury
26%
5
Decisions6
Regulatory compliance
79%
15
Pricing
68%
13
Strategy and goals
68%
13
Budgeting and forecasting
42%
8
Security and access
32%
6
Contracts
21%
4
Variant · where they differ
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

See Member
Couplings · what comes together
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

See Member
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
  • 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
  • product42%
  • marketplace37%
  • subscription21%
Size
  • 1000+ people47%
  • 201-500 people16%
  • 501-1000 people11%
  • 51-200 people11%
  • 11-50 people5%
Region
  • United States84%
  • France5%
  • Singapore / United States5%
Instances
The 19 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

See Member