Standard architecture: Artificial intelligence
Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Process steps that hand work to each other.
Standard architectureThe parts at least half of the organizations in Artificial intelligence have, as many as 20 of them run all together. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.
- Organizations running it
- 20
- Of their industry
- 29%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
- DecisionsMarket and positioningin 100% of instancesthen
- ProcessLead generationin 100% of instancesthen
- ProcessProduct or service designin 100% of instanceswork
- ProcessProduction or deliveryin 100% of instancesthen
- PeopleOrg structurein 100% of instancesthen
- ProcessHiringin 100% of instancesthen
- DecisionsStrategy and goalsin 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
Lead generation
100%
20
Product or service design
100%
20
Production or delivery
100%
20
Hiring
100%
20
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.
- Sales12 findingsManual hand-off 7 · Dependency 3 · Bottleneck 1 · Informal channel 1 · at 11 companies
- Suppliers and partners6 findingsDependency 6 · at 6 companies
- Customer onboarding5 findingsDependency 5 · at 5 companies
- Production or delivery5 findingsDependency 3 · Bottleneck 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 5 companies
- Training data acquisition and licensing4 findingsDependency 2 · Manual hand-off 1 · Workaround 1 · at 4 companies
- Lead generation2 findingsDependency 1 · Informal channel 1 · at 2 companies
- Product or service design2 findingsBottleneck 1 · Informal channel 1 · at 2 companies
- Pricing2 findingsTacit rule 2 · at 2 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Industries
Size
- 201-500 people15%
- 51-200 people10%
- 501-1000 people5%
Region
- United States35%
- North America10%
- Canada5%
- France5%
- Japan5%
- New York (US); also offices in London and San Francisco5%
Instances
The 20 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances
Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.