System Atlas

Quality control → security and access → market and positioning → product or service design (+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
10
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Process
    Quality control
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Decisions
    Security and access
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 90% of instances
    then
  4. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    money
  5. People
    Suppliers and partners
    in 90% 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
Suppliers and partners
90%
9
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.

  • Sales3 findings
    Manual hand-off 2 · Dependency 1 · at 2 companies
  • Billing and invoicing1 finding
    Manual hand-off 1 · at 1 company
  • Customer data1 finding
    Informal channel (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Hiring1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Product or service design1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Org structure1 finding
    Informal channel (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Pricing1 finding
    Manual hand-off 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • subscription30%
  • marketplace20%
  • product20%
  • service10%
Size
  • 501-1000 people20%
  • 1000+ people10%
  • 11-50 people10%
  • 201-500 people10%
Region
  • United States60%
  • San Francisco, CA10%
  • Singapore / United States10%
Instances
The 10 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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