Create strategies using Wardley Maps

What will you learn?

• How to draw your first map
• How to use the map to make strategic decisions
• How to include your team to this process

All the steps in one page

1. Write a customer, a need, and dependencies
2. Draw a map
3. Move the dependencies
4. Add trends to the map
5. Add moves to the map
6. Add strategic moves
7. Decide on actions

1. Write down a customer, need, and dependency

Steps:

1. write down name of a customer.
2. Write one need of this customer.
3. Write a few things that are needed to meet this need.

Example:

1. User: software engineer.
2. Need: build a web site.
3. Dependencies: choose a technology, learn how to use it, build a web site, test it, deploy it, maintain it.

2. Draw a map

TODO: add drawing

3. Move the dependencies on the evolution scale

TODO: add drawing

Evolution (text format)

4. Add climatic patters to the map

TODO: add drawing

Climatic Patterns (text format)

5. Add doctrine to the map

TODO: add drawing

Doctrine (text format)

6. Add strategic move

TODO: add drawing

Gameplay (text format)

7. Take actions

Invite your team

Here is the cycle you went through:

Repeat the cycle

Repeat this strategy cycle with the team every few weeks.

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