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Constructs/Process

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
16
Of their industry
21%
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
Quality control
56%
9
Lead generation
50%
8
Production or delivery
38%
6
Billing and invoicing
38%
6
Hiring
38%
6
Scheduling and capacity
38%
6
Variant · where they differ
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Variants, couplings and instances

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Couplings · what comes together
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Variants, couplings and instances

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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
  • 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
  • product63%
  • subscription25%
  • marketplace13%
Size
  • 1000+ people44%
  • 11-50 people19%
  • 51-200 people13%
  • 201-500 people6%
Region
  • United States75%
  • South Korea13%
  • Japan6%
Instances
The 16 companies it was seen at
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Variants, couplings and instances

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