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Standard architecture: Foundation model developers

Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Mostly process steps.

Standard architectureThe parts at least half of the organizations in Foundation model developers have, as many as 5 of them run all together. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

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Organizations running it
5
Of their industry
83%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. People
    Sales
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances

Coloured arrows: a flow of that type seen between the two at instance organizations. Grey arrows: order only.

Structure
GroupsLayersEverything
Element
Share of instances
Companies
People2
Suppliers and partners
40%
2
Org structure
40%
2
Process9
Releases and change communication
80%
4
Lead generation
60%
3
Hiring
60%
3
Production or delivery
40%
2
Learning and improvement
40%
2
Quality control
20%
1
Customer onboarding
20%
1
Engineering delivery
20%
1
Payments and payables
20%
1
Software1
Systems: tools and data
20%
1
Data3
Inventory and assets
40%
2
Cloud and hosting costs
20%
1
Product analytics
20%
1
Decisions11
Market and positioning
80%
4
Strategy and goals
80%
4
Contracts
60%
3
Governance and decision rights
60%
3
Regulatory compliance
40%
2
Data protection and security assurance
40%
2
Pricing
20%
1
Product roadmap
20%
1
Performance and pay
20%
1
Policies and culture
20%
1
Security and access
20%
1
Variant · where they differ
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

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Couplings · what comes together
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

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Entropy
Where it runs rough

Operating-reality findings at instance companies: workarounds, manual hand-offs, bottlenecks.

  • Customer onboarding1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Market and positioning1 finding
    Tacit rule 1 · at 1 company
  • Quality control1 finding
    Bottleneck 1 · at 1 company
  • Suppliers and partners1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product20%
Size
  • 1000+ people60%
  • 201-500 people20%
Region
  • United States40%
  • China20%
  • France20%
  • United Kingdom20%
Instances
The 5 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

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