What you can do is only as good as what you can know.
Wardley Mapping is a tool for strategic intent that supports you in your role as a knower, communicator, and leader.
Quick Reference
Strategy Cycle
The thinking process behind Wardley Mapping.
Evolution
How things change under the forces of supply and demand competition.
Doctrine
The standard ways of operating and techniques that you almost always should apply.
Patterns
The external forces acting on the strategic landscape.
Gameplay
Stratagems or “tricks” to consider after increasing situational awareness.
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Nobody Cares About Your Precious Framework
I like Wardley Mapping. It’s captured my attention for the last five or so years, and I know I’ve still hardly scratched the surface of what’s possible. As you can imagine, I am overjoyed when other people take interest. Behind my enthusiasm, however, is a blunt pragmatism, informed by years of frustration and mistakes.
Getting Stuck Is Problem #1
Might free form brainstorming of words, with no constraints of current [maps] or questions that might lead the team in certain directions, be beneficial at the start?
A Spectrum of Decision Making
Over the years, I’ve been asked repeatedly to explain what Wardley Mapping is. Since it’s a big practice, with lots of ways to slice and dice it, I like to try out new answers whenever I get the chance.