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Pricing → product or service design → governance and decision rights → org structure (+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
20
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Pricing
    in 100% of instances
    money
  2. Process
    Product or service design
    in 95% of instances
    then
  3. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 95% of instances
    control
  4. People
    Org structure
    in 100% of instances
    then
  5. Software
    Core system of record
    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%
20
Process1
Product or service design
95%
19
Software1
Core system of record
100%
20
Decisions2
Pricing
100%
20
Governance and decision rights
95%
19
Variant 22
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People3
Suppliers and partners
75%
15
Sales
20%
4
Account management
20%
4
Process7
Lead generation
50%
10
Quality control
40%
8
Scheduling and capacity
35%
7
Billing and invoicing
30%
6
Production or delivery
25%
5
Hiring
25%
5
Retention and renewal
20%
4
Software2
Integrations
40%
8
Communication tools
35%
7
Data5
Reporting and dashboards
80%
16
Cash and treasury
25%
5
Data management
25%
5
Churn and expansion
20%
4
Legal and contracts administration
20%
4
Decisions5
Strategy and goals
80%
16
Market and positioning
70%
14
Policies and culture
50%
10
Security and access
45%
9
Regulatory compliance
45%
9
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
  • 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
  • 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
  • subscription65%
  • product30%
  • marketplace5%
Size
  • 1000+ people20%
  • 11-50 people20%
  • 51-200 people15%
  • 201-500 people10%
  • 501-1000 people5%
Region
  • United States80%
  • Australia5%
  • New Zealand5%
  • Remote (founded in the United Kingdom)5%
Instances
The 20 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

See Member