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Wardley Mapping
- Learn the fundamentals
- Create your own maps
- Derive strategies
Building situational awareness with Wardley Maps
Only with genuine situational awareness can meaningful decisions be made. The Wardley Mapping training introduces Wardley Maps as a visual tool for strategic planning in IT contexts.
You learn to use Wardley Maps as a tool for strategic decisions - from your first map to advanced patterns.
In the training you learn to read Wardley Maps, create them yourself and use them as a team to prepare and communicate strategic decisions. The core building blocks of the method are explained and applied directly in exercises.
- Make strategic situations visible - through value chains and evolution on a map.
- Challenge and validate assumptions - as a team rather than in isolation.
- Prepare decisions - using the Strategy Cycle and clearer options.
How the training works
- Lay the foundations - the core components of Wardley Maps are introduced and explained with examples.
- Create your first map - work together towards your first map and explore value chains and evolution in practice.
- Iterate and refine - use the Strategy Cycle to expand and sharpen maps across multiple iterations.
- Apply advanced concepts - try out Climatic Patterns, Doctrine, Pioneers/Settlers/Town Planners and communication strategies on your own maps.
- Transfer to your context - derive concrete next steps for architecture, product strategy or team design.
The training is hands-on: short input sessions alternate with practical mapping sessions, discussions and reflection in plenary.
These aspects are in focus
Value Chain & Evolution
Map users, needs and capabilities as a value chain - and position them along the evolution axis.
Strategy Cycle
Use the Strategy Cycle (Purpose, Landscape, Climate, Doctrine, Leadership) for concrete decisions.
Climatic Patterns & Doctrine
Recognise recurring patterns and principles of action to avoid common strategic mistakes.
Explorer, Villager & Town Planner
Understand which capabilities and character types are needed in which situations within teams and organisations.
Who is the Wardley Mapping Training for?
For anyone who wants to not just discuss strategic decisions, but make them visible.
- Strategic decision-makers in IT contexts
- Business analysts and product owners
- Scrum Masters & facilitators focused on collaborative decision-making
- Software architects, developers and system owners
Prerequisites: No prior Wardley Mapping knowledge required. Experience with architecture or strategy work is helpful but not a prerequisite.
Your value from Wardley Mapping
Building situational awareness
All stakeholders gain a shared understanding of the strategic situation and its interdependencies.
Clearer strategic decisions
Options become comparable, risks visible and priorities transparent.
Better use of teams & capabilities
You recognise which capabilities are needed and how teams can be aligned accordingly.
Connection to DDD & architecture work
Wardley Maps complement context maps, architecture views and roadmaps with a strategic perspective.
Your trainer
Tom Asel - Co-Founder, Head of Architecture, Trainer.
Tom co-founded tangible concepts in 2022 and has since been our ambassador at numerous community events and conferences. His heart has been in software architecture since the early 2000s.
To complement the Wardley Mapping Training, our DDD Toolbox and the DDD Kickstart Training are ideal for connecting domain models and strategic decisions.
More trainings by Tom AselWardley Mapping Training: format & organisation
Duration
2-day training
Format
In-house training or online training
Prerequisites
No specific Wardley Mapping knowledge required. Fundamentals are covered in the training.
Language
German or English
Group size
Up to 10 participants per training
Price
On request
Your contact: Kathi Asel
I'm happy to answer your questions and find the right setup for your Wardley Mapping training with you.
Want to use Wardley Maps in your organisation?
Whether as a one-off training to work through a specific strategic question or as the starting point for regular mapping sessions - the format is tailored to your context. Use the contact form or send an email to team@tangible-concepts.de.