Market and positioning → suppliers and partners → production or delivery → org structure (+1)
Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Process steps that hand work to each other.
Within one industryHolds in Artificial intelligence. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.
- Organizations running it
- 29
- Of their industry
- 25%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
- DecisionsMarket and positioningin 100% of instancesthen
- PeopleSuppliers and partnersin 100% of instancesmaterial
- ProcessProduction or deliveryin 93% of instancesthen
- PeopleOrg structurein 100% of instancesthen
- DecisionsStrategy and goalsin 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
Policies and culture
76%
22
Pricing
69%
20
Security and access
69%
20
Contracts
55%
16
Regulatory compliance
55%
16
Performance and pay
38%
11
Data protection and security assurance
38%
11
Usage pricing and metering
31%
9
Governance and decision rights
31%
9
Model release and versioning
24%
7
Health, safety and environment
24%
7
Security certifications and audits
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 partners13 findingsDependency 13 · at 13 companies
- Sales10 findingsManual hand-off 6 · Dependency 4 · at 9 companies
- Production or delivery5 findingsDependency 4 · Bottleneck 1 · at 5 companies
- Customer onboarding4 findingsDependency 4 · at 4 companies
- Procurement4 findingsBottleneck 2 · Dependency 2 · at 3 companies
- Pricing3 findingsTacit rule 2 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 3 companies
- Quality control3 findingsDependency 2 · Bottleneck 1 · at 3 companies
- Customer service and support3 findingsDependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · Workaround 1 · at 3 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Industries
Business model
- service3%
- subscription3%
Size
- 201-500 people14%
- 1-10 people3%
- 11-50 people3%
- 501-1000 people3%
- 51-200 people3%
Region
- United States41%
- North America7%
- San Francisco, United States7%
- Bay Area, CA and Amsterdam, NL3%
- France3%
- London, England3%
Instances
The 29 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances
Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.