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
- ProcessQuality controlin 100% of instancesthen
- DecisionsSecurity and accessin 100% of instancesthen
- DecisionsMarket and positioningin 90% of instancesthen
- ProcessProduct or service designin 100% of instancesmoney
- PeopleSuppliers and partnersin 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
Lead generation
70%
7
Billing and invoicing
70%
7
Hiring
70%
7
Production or delivery
40%
4
Customer onboarding
30%
3
Retention and renewal
30%
3
Scheduling and capacity
30%
3
Logistics and fulfilment
20%
2
Payments and payables
20%
2
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 findingsManual hand-off 2 · Dependency 1 · at 2 companies
- Billing and invoicing1 findingManual hand-off 1 · at 1 company
- Customer data1 findingInformal channel (public record) 1 · at 1 company
- Governance and decision rights1 findingDependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
- Hiring1 findingDependency 1 · at 1 company
- Product or service design1 findingDependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
- Org structure1 findingInformal channel (public record) 1 · at 1 company
- Pricing1 findingManual hand-off 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Industries
- Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers50%
- Machine learning and AI developer tooling20%
- Consumer apps10%
- Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing10%
- Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers10%
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.