System Atlas

Governance and decision rights → quality control → product or service design → 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.

Organizations running it
17
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 94% of instances
    control
  2. Process
    Quality control
    in 100% of instances
    control
  3. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    then
  4. People
    Org structure
    in 94% of instances
    then
  5. Data
    Reporting and dashboards
    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
Policies and culture
71%
12
Strategy and goals
71%
12
Pricing
59%
10
Budgeting and forecasting
29%
5
Security and access
29%
5
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.

  • Org structure2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 1 · Informal channel (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
  • Sales2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 1 company
  • Billing and invoicing1 finding
    Manual hand-off 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
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product59%
  • marketplace24%
  • subscription12%
Size
  • 1000+ people53%
  • 11-50 people12%
Region
  • United States71%
  • China6%
  • France6%
  • San Francisco, CA6%
  • Singapore / United States6%
Instances
The 17 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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