System Atlas

Market and positioning → research enterprise and sponsored programs → systems: tools and data → governance and decision rights (+1)

Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Process steps that hand work to each other.

Within one industryHolds in Tertiary education. 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. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 90% of instances
    then
  2. Process
    Research enterprise and sponsored programs
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. Software
    Systems: tools and data
    in 100% of instances
    then
  4. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 90% of instances
    control
  5. People
    Org structure
    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
People1
Org structure
90%
9
Process1
Research enterprise and sponsored programs
100%
10
Software1
Systems: tools and data
100%
10
Decisions2
Market and positioning
90%
9
Governance and decision rights
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.

  • Assessment2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 1 company
  • Research enterprise and sponsored programs2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 2 companies
  • Core system of record2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Workaround 1 · at 2 companies
  • Communication tools1 finding
    Informal channel 1 · at 1 company
  • Curriculum1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Data management1 finding
    Tacit rule 1 · at 1 company
  • Enrolment1 finding
    Informal channel 1 · at 1 company
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • service20%
Size
  • 1000+ people40%
Region
  • Brazil40%
  • Germany20%
  • Canada10%
  • Czech Republic10%
  • France10%
  • Russia10%
Instances
The 10 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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