System Atlas

Policies and culture → quality control (control flow)

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.

Organizations running it
12
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Policies and culture
    in 100% of instances
    control
  2. Process
    Quality control
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    money
  4. Process
    Lead generation
    in 92% of instances
    then
  5. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    money
  6. People
    Suppliers and partners
    in 92% of instances
    information
  7. Data
    Customer data
    in 100% of instances
    then
  8. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances
    control
  9. People
    Org structure
    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
Invariant 9
At least 90% have it
People2
Suppliers and partners
92%
11
Org structure
100%
12
Process3
Quality control
100%
12
Lead generation
92%
11
Product or service design
100%
12
Data1
Customer data
100%
12
Decisions3
Policies and culture
100%
12
Market and positioning
100%
12
Governance and decision rights
100%
12
Variant 15
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People1
Sales
25%
3
Process4
Scheduling and capacity
50%
6
Customer onboarding
25%
3
Payments and payables
25%
3
Management cadence
25%
3
Software2
Integrations
50%
6
Core system of record
42%
5
Data3
Reporting and dashboards
58%
7
Cash and treasury
33%
4
Data management
25%
3
Decisions5
Strategy and goals
75%
9
Pricing
58%
7
Budgeting and forecasting
58%
7
Security and access
42%
5
Contracts
25%
3
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.

  • Scheduling and capacity2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 2 · at 2 companies
  • Suppliers and partners2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 1 · Manual hand-off (public record) 1 · 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
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • marketplace42%
  • product42%
  • subscription17%
Size
  • 1000+ people50%
  • 201-500 people17%
  • 501-1000 people17%
  • 11-50 people8%
Region
  • United States83%
  • Singapore / United States8%
Instances
The 12 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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