Wardley Maps

How situational awareness can put your business on the map (5:51).

In 11 diagrams by Simon Wardley.

An engaging animation by Sue Borchardt (5:39).

A basic introduction to change in the IT industry using the concept of Wardley maps by Simon Wardley (9:56).

A place to discuss everything connected with Wardley Maps.

Join Map Camp on Slack here.

Wardley Maps Community.

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Subreddit for Wardley Maps.

Creative Commons book by Simon Wardley.E-book - PDF and Kindle downloads.Audiobook - MP3 downloads.Spanish Translation - Mapas de Wardley. El uso de la inteligencia topográfica en la estrategia empresarial.

A collection of useful presentation slide decks on a range of topics.

A Wiki Encyclopedia dedicated to the strategy mapping techniques pioneered by Simon Wardley.

Wikipedia entry.

Simon Wardley's blog.

A step-by-step guide to creating and using Wardley Maps by E. Alex Hudson. PDF/iPad/Kindle.

Sun Tzu, Boyd & Wardley on situational awareness, OODA "Loops" and Wardley mapping by Erik Schön. PDF/Paperback.

Chapter 2.3 Mapping Your Way Through.

Visual cards reviewing concepts as user needs, climatic patterns, doctrines, gameplays. Revision of concepts, examples and other strategy topics.

Fichas visuales en las que se repasan conceptos como necesidades de los usuarios, patrones climáticos, doctrinas, esquemas de juego. Repaso de conceptos, ejemplos y otros temas de estrategia.

The Compendium of Wardley Mapping Leadership Gameplays and Strategies

Community YouTube channel and playlists.

Talks by Simon Wardley and the Wardley mapping community.

Over 10 hours of presentations by 17 speakers.

Watch presentations and video recordings on InfoQ.

Learn how to stimulate future ideas and strategies with the Leading Edge Forum.

Video chapter summaries of Simon Wardley's book, 15-minute introductory course, and a quick reference.

Tricia Bagley, Coursera Project Network.

Joaquín Peña Fernández, MapasdeWardley.com.

An AI Application using Claude to help learn Wardley Maps

Streamlit and OpenAI application to learn Wardley Maps.

OpenAI Assistant application to help learn Wardley Maps.

Foundation in Wardley Mapping. For those who need to know and understand the basics of Strategy using Wardley Mapping either with a view to becoming a Practitioner or with a need to work effectively with Practitioners. A certified Foundation in using Wardley Mapping candidate has proficiency in reading and understanding Wardley Maps.

Simon Wardley lists a range of examples. Jun 08, 2023.

Blog post on how to create a question & answer application AI app using OpenAI, Streamlit and Python. Full source code provided.

Blog post on how to create a Wardley Map chatbot using OpenAI, Streamlit and Python. Full source code provided.

Twitter thread on Wardley Mapping Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT with many examples.

Comparison of scenarios between China, EEUU and Europe.

A 4k word summary of Max Langenkamp's Master of Engineering thesis. September 27, 2022.

By Joaquín Peña Fernández. August 29, 2022.

By Joaquín Peña Fernández. Sep 16, 2021.

Why video games will become a new battleground for the soul of a country by Simon Wardley. Sep 8, 2021.

the way we use job rolesis prone to bias, blocks innovation, and slows down organisations. by Guy Dickinson. June 13, 2021

Look before you leap by Simon Wardley. Oct 22, 2020.

Sep 15, 2020.

A conversation with Simon Wardley. Aug 4, 2020.

Challenge your Wardley mapping assumptions in a friendly way. Aug 2, 2020.

What is the best way to introduce Wardley Mapping to different groups? Jul 22, 2020.

It is important to understand the need and outcome. It is vital to understand the value desired. Jul 17, 2020.

How to use Wardley mapping to increase resilience using personal security as an example. Jun 18, 2020.

Jun 7, 2020.

Analyse eines ERP-Systems mit Wardley Maps und strategischem Domain-driven Design. Jun 2, 2020.

Gameplay, fractal patterns, feedback loops, doctrine. May 9, 2020.

Applying Wardley maps to personal blog user needs. Apr 20, 2020.

The RSF Map and Mapping Kit build upon Simon Wardley's maps. Retrieved Mar 30, 2020.

Off the beaten track — pivot. Mar 27, 2020.

On the inclusive and exclusive nature of values. Feb 24, 2020.

On the changing world of geopolitics. Feb 23, 2020.

Looking across teams and strata in an organisation and the practices used to meet organisational needs like alignment, reporting, etc. Feb 9, 2020.

Wardley mapping shows blockchain is following the same maturity evolution as other mainstream technologies. 28 Jan, 2020.

Jan 23, 2020.

Using Wardley maps to look at the evolution of the jet engine. Jan 5, 2020.

Because that expert you hired has no magical bullets. Nov 4, 2019.

Cultural cycles. Oct 2, 2019.

Values, resilience, principles, enablement systems. Oct 1, 2019.

Sep 9, 2019.

The first rule of Brexit is “you’re wrong”. Sep 5, 2019.

Mapping Culture. Sep 4, 2019.

10,000 feet view of Ethereum's user needs and capabilities. Aug 13, 2019.

Jul 31, 2019.

Mapping "Who Says Elephants Can't Dance" by Louis Gerstner. Jun 18, 2019.

Mapping the challenges of launching novel payment solutions. Jun 14, 2019.

Understanding the crypto ecosystem through Wardley maps. Jun 2, 2019.

Understanding how test strategies are based on the underlying landscape. Apr 19, 2019

The Green Web Foundation. Mar 20, 2019.

Covers the development of your IT strategy using Wardley Maps to predict the future, understand which methodologies are best suited to developing and delivery information management systems. Download the Wardley map source files used to create the Handbook on IT Strategy. Mar 13, 2019.

Two use cases: giving NSOs access to new sources of (sensitive) Big Data; and enabling Big Data Collaborations Across Multiple NSO. Download Wardley maps slide deck. Mar 12, 2019.

A curated atlas of Wardley mapping examples. Mar 6, 2019 - Present.

Combines Samo Burja's Empire Theory with a form of mapping similar to that pioneered by Simon Wardley. Jan 2, 2019.

Three ways to think about user needs and user research and how Wardley maps can help us think about where to do user research. Nov 2, 2018.

Oct 31, 2018.

How to stop the organisation from actively harming itself by focusing on doctrine and spend control. Oct 30, 2018.

Exploring and designing a platform in the renewable energy context. Oct 28, 2019.

Why is a Platforms' Wardley (Value Chain) Map Z-Shaped? Oct 11, 2018.

How can we make best use of technology to support healthcare? Jul 19, 2018.

Porter Value Chain Analysis, Wardley Value Chain Analysis and Value Mapping by Tim Manning. Jul 17, 2018.

Context specific maturity models with Wardley maps informed by Cynefin. May 11, 2018.

Using a Wardley map to build a roadmap. Jan 9, 2018.

By Simon Wardley. Sep 11, 2017.

Doctrine and doctrine phases by Simon Wardley. May 25, 2017.

By Simon Wardley. May 12, 2017.

By James Urquhart. Mar 24, 2017.

By James Urquhart. Feb 4, 2017.

Pioneer, Settler and Town Planner (Wardley PST). Jan 31, 2017.

My future career as a Harmony Designer. Jan 17, 2017.

How do you extract value from the jumble of components and value relationships by James Urquhart. Jan 12, 2017.

Building a Wardley Map from a value chain for "real time business automation" by James Urquhart. Dec 30, 2016.

Exploring a value chain using a basic architecture of data flow by James Urquhart. Dec 22, 2016.

Dec 3, 2016.

Dec 1, 2016.

Nov 30, 2016.

Nov 24, 2016.

Evolution and co-evolution of architectural practice and worth based development. Nov 23, 2016.

Simon Wardley focuses on one of the most important parts of mapping - the anchor. April 11, 2016.

Oct 17, 2015.

Part 2 Mark Thompson outlines a digital vision to make government a more cohesive, integrated organisation. Oct 9, 2015.

Part 1 Mark Thompson outlines a digital vision to make government a more cohesive, integrated organisation. Oct 9, 2015.

For the newly-appointed executive, to help get you into a position from which you can start to learn and talk about strategy. Aug 21, 2015.

Simon Wardley discusses some of the other tools he uses with mapping. Mar 6, 2015.

GOV.UK Government Digital Service. 16 Apr, 2014.

tl;dr Caveat Emptor. Feb 4, 2014.

Pujadas, R; Thompson, M; Venters, W; et al. March 2019.

A series of position papers published by the Leading Edge Forum. Jun 13, 2018 - Jan 28, 2019.

Online open source mapping tool. For updates follow @MapsAsCode on Twitter. Hosted version available here. Online documentation Wardley Maps as Code.

Render and edit Wardley maps within Visual Studio Code. This VSCode extention leverages the engine from OnlineWardleyMaps.com. Online documentation Wardley Maps as Code.

Render and edit Wardley maps within Obsidian.md. This community plugin leverages the engine from OnlineWardleyMaps.com. Online documentation Wardley Maps as Code.

A plugin for generating Wardley maps in Jupyter Notebooks.

Note MapScript is built on Observable. Read their Terms of Service. MapScript feature requests. Hosted version available here.

Generates a Wardley map in SVG format from a HCL-based map description file.

Multiplayer Wardley Maps at a click of a button. Collaborate on your maps with others. Host your maps for free. For updates, you can follow @mapkeep on Mastodon, @mapkeep on X, mapkeep on LinkedIn, subscribe to the YouTube Channel, or subscribe to the News and Updates blog.

A moldable and programmable environment in which Wardley Maps can be intertwinned with knowledge management and multi language notebooks. Follow @feenkcom to learn more.

Online diagram tool creates quick and easy, handdrawn diagrams and maps. keyboard shortcut '0', browse libraries and Add the "Wardley Maps Symbols" lib.

text based tool to generate quick flowcharts. Excellent way to quickly create a Value Chain - very useful in conversation or during a meeting.

is a SDK to do map-as-code and a high level language (wtg) to express map-as-data. The set of tools allows an easy integration of the map in CI, and the online demo allows to desing maps online.

Native macOS app to build wardley maps using its own wmap syntax (Apple Silicon only). GPLv3. It includes a QuickLook plugin to preview wmap files as images, and sharing to collaboratively edit maps.

GTK4 Linux app to build wardley maps using the wmap syntax. AGPLv3.

A command line tool to render wmap formatted maps to PNG or SVG.

A simple tool for visualising how competitive a company is in light of Wardley's doctrine. Hosted version available here.

An AI Application using Claude to help learn Wardley Maps

Learn Wardley Mapping by chatting to a specially configured bot.

OpenAI Assistant application to help learn Wardley Maps.

Chat to your Wardley Map. It pulls your Wardley Map from OnlineWardleyMaps or GitHub and you can have an AI chat with your map. It's also got a syntax checker built in. It creates structured output that can be downloaded and used within documents. It highlights key responses that you can follow up.

Have a chat with the book Ask Simon's book anything.

Have an AI chat with Simon's Research Wardley Maps that are available on GitHub.

Have a chat with all of Simon's YouTube content.

Create your own Wardley Mapping code editor in two easy steps.

A simple streamlit app to convert the OnlineWardleyMaps OWM format to JSON, TOML, JSON Graph and Cypher text.

A series of blog posts about AI, Python and Wardley Mapping.

A plugin for fedwiki that enables you to write maps in wmap syntax and create links to other wiki pages from components.

A wmap syntax parser using tree sitter with a bundled neovim plugin that provides syntax highlighting.

A Library for Swift that parses wardley maps using wmap syntax for macOS and iOS development.

A pure javascript parser for wardley maps using wmap syntax that can run on the browser or node.

A rust parser for wardley maps using wmap syntax.

A high performance ANSI C parser for wardley maps using wmap syntax.

A javascript renderer that creates maps in a canvas element for wardley maps that use the wmap syntax, can be used exclusively on the browser or on nodeJS.

A browser only renderer that creates SVGs for wardley maps that use the wmap syntax.

A rust renderer that generates cairo surfaces, SVGs and PNGs for wardley maps that use the wmap syntax.

Analyzes and visualizes Wardley Maps from text

I guide you in learning and applying Wardley Maps.

A quick introduction to Wardley Mapping

Expert in analyzing and fixing Wardley Map syntax

A semi-serious reflection on the problem space of tools for mapping, and an overview of all sorts of mapping tools and techniques.

How-to guide with animations and a collection of open source Wardley map icons.

Templates for Microsoft Visio and PowerPoint.

How-to guide on mapping using this template.

A mapping template for Figma.

Wardley mapping stencils for OmniGraffle.

Figures 8 and 11 from the book by Simon Wardley to demonstrate drawing Wardley maps in LaTeX.

Wardley maps palette for yEd.

Template for Google Slides.

Based on Google Forms and Google Sheets.

A virtual event on October 13, 2021.

A free all-day online event on October 13, 2020.

Follow Map Camp on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Workshop rules, cards and materials.

Help workshop participants gain confidence in mapping in a business-neutral environment.