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Standard architecture: Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers

How information is recorded, decided on and fed back. Mostly data and decisions, with information fed back.

Standard architectureThe parts at least half of the organizations in Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers 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
63%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Pricing
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. People
    Suppliers and partners
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. Data
    Customer data
    in 100% of instances
    information
  4. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    then
  5. People
    Org structure
    in 100% of instances
    then
  6. Data
    Reporting and dashboards
    in 100% of instances
    then
  7. Decisions
    Regulatory compliance
    in 100% of instances
    then
  8. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    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
People3
Account management
60%
3
Customer service and support
40%
2
Sales
20%
1
Process9
Production or delivery
60%
3
Lead generation
40%
2
Quality control
40%
2
Billing and invoicing
40%
2
Hiring
40%
2
Scheduling and capacity
40%
2
Customer onboarding
20%
1
Retention and renewal
20%
1
Collections and receivables
20%
1
Software2
Core system of record
20%
1
Integrations
20%
1
Data3
Cash and treasury
80%
4
Legal and contracts administration
80%
4
Data management
20%
1
Decisions7
Market and positioning
60%
3
Contracts
60%
3
Budgeting and forecasting
60%
3
Strategy and goals
60%
3
Security and access
40%
2
Policies and culture
20%
1
Licences and registrations
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.

  • Org structure2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 1 · Informal channel (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
  • Account management1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Collections and receivables1 finding
    Workaround (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Customer data1 finding
    Informal channel (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Production or delivery1 finding
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Tacit rule (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Legal and contracts administration1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Reporting and dashboards1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product60%
  • marketplace20%
  • service20%
Size
  • 11-50 people20%
  • 51-200 people20%
Region
  • United States40%
  • France20%
  • Germany20%
  • India20%
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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