System Atlas

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 13 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
13
Of their industry
39%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Regulatory compliance
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    money
  3. Process
    Lead generation
    in 100% of instances
    then
  4. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    money
  5. Data
    Customer data
    in 100% of instances
    information
  6. Data
    Reporting and dashboards
    in 100% of instances
    money
  7. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances
    control
  8. People
    Org structure
    in 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
People2
Suppliers and partners
77%
10
Sales
38%
5
Process5
Quality control
77%
10
Hiring
69%
9
Billing and invoicing
46%
6
Scheduling and capacity
38%
5
Management cadence
23%
3
Software2
Core system of record
54%
7
Integrations
46%
6
Data2
Legal and contracts administration
31%
4
Data management
23%
3
Decisions5
Policies and culture
77%
10
Strategy and goals
69%
9
Pricing
54%
7
Budgeting and forecasting
38%
5
Security and access
38%
5
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.

  • Scheduling and capacity1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Suppliers and partners1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product46%
  • marketplace38%
  • subscription15%
Size
  • 1000+ people92%
  • 11-50 people8%
Region
  • United States77%
  • China8%
  • Singapore / United States8%
Instances
The 13 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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