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Strategy and goals → governance and decision rights → org structure → core system of record (+1)

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.

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Organizations running it
15
Of their industry
20%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Strategy and goals
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances
    control
  3. People
    Org structure
    in 100% of instances
    then
  4. Software
    Core system of record
    in 100% of instances
    information
  5. Process
    Product or service design
    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%
15
Process1
Product or service design
100%
15
Software1
Core system of record
100%
15
Decisions2
Strategy and goals
100%
15
Governance and decision rights
100%
15
Variant 21
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People1
Suppliers and partners
73%
11
Process8
Quality control
60%
9
Lead generation
47%
7
Production or delivery
40%
6
Billing and invoicing
40%
6
Hiring
33%
5
Scheduling and capacity
33%
5
Retention and renewal
20%
3
Management cadence
20%
3
Software2
Integrations
40%
6
Communication tools
20%
3
Data4
Reporting and dashboards
80%
12
Legal and contracts administration
40%
6
Cash and treasury
33%
5
Data management
33%
5
Decisions6
Pricing
67%
10
Regulatory compliance
67%
10
Market and positioning
53%
8
Policies and culture
53%
8
Security and access
33%
5
Budgeting and forecasting
20%
3
Variant · where they differ
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

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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
  • Org structure2 findings
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · Informal channel (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
  • Suppliers and partners2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 2 · at 2 companies
  • Communication tools1 finding
    Workaround (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Quality control1 finding
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Strategy and goals1 finding
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Core system of record1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product67%
  • subscription20%
  • marketplace13%
Size
  • 1000+ people40%
  • 11-50 people20%
  • 51-200 people13%
  • 201-500 people7%
Region
  • United States73%
  • South Korea13%
  • Japan7%
Instances
The 15 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

See Member