Wardley Mapping

Tom Asel from Tangible Concepts joined me recently to discuss the concept of Wardley Maps: What they are, where they are used, and why they (as well as maps in general) are different from graphs. …

“Sun Tzu talked of five factors that mattered: 1. Purpose… 2. Landscape… 3. Climate… 4. Doctrine… 5. Leadership… The most basic thing is: understand your landscape. I didn’t understand my landscape. I had no maps. I had loads of graphs…So I had to create a way of mapping.” …

Products and services are rarely static; they must evolve in line with economic and technological developments in the wider environment. For example, many public services were built on the assumption that people access these on a computer, but this has changed dramatically as smartphones have become widespread. Wardley mapping is…

I’ve been using and making Wardley Maps for a few years now. They are a hugely useful tool for me to be able to quickly understand a problem space, and also to quickly return to a problem I am looking. One of the biggest hurdles for pretty much all people…

Heather returns to the lab and ponders her practices. — Hi. I’m Heather (She/Her). I feel the need to re-introduce myself and share my journey a little because I’ve been away for a while. TL;DR: I’ve noticed we probably need more facilitation in the public service, especially if we’re going to be serious about solving complex problems. …

In my previous article I left a few stones unturned, that deserve exploration. Wardley Maps / Mapping by Simon Wardley Wardley mapping is one of my favorite practices to use as an architect, turned agile Padawan. What problem does Wardley mapping try and solve, its visualization of value over an evolutionary axis to facilitate a discussion towards…

August 2022 update. — In March this year, we started a research group looking into the issue of defence and where to invest. It meets every two weeks, for one hour. So far, it has spent about eleven hours exploring the topic together. The initial discussion was a scatter of ideas from sea drones…