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Wardley Mapping is a strategic technique for visualizing capabilities, their evolution and position in the market. It supports situational analysis, identification of core competencies and derivation of tactical actions. Teams use it for prioritization, technology decisions and to increase strategic visibility across the organization.
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What organizes, connects, or makes decisions possible.
A Wardley Map places the user needs and capabilities relevant to a strategy by user visibility and the maturity of their provision.
Simon Wardley developed the method from the mid-2000s by observing business strategy and later published its concepts on wardleymaps.com; the map links user needs to evolutionary movement from bespoke to standardized provision.
Name the user need, decompose the capabilities it requires, place them by visibility and maturity, then derive dependencies, movements, and strategic options.
The outcome or purpose a person or organization wants to achieve.
Horizontal ordering of a capability from novel and bespoke to established and standardized.
Change in capabilities, dependencies, and options over time.
Wardley Maps expose assumptions about dependencies and maturity and give strategy conversations a shared spatial language.
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