Noisy features

There are companies which evolve through an unique product and they focus on that product a lot. This focus is positive, but there is a moment where all that success provokes an inertia where you are not able to diversify and overexploit the product. Some solutions try to increase their value and/or monetize more, breaking … Read more

NBA TV contract 2025 – 2036

A couple of years ago I wrote about NBA League Pass here. Some months ago it was announced the new group of companies that are going to take over the rights to broadcast the NBA during the next 11 years. The territory is changing dramatically. I have done a summary table to try to understand … Read more

Scenario: Software App with difficulties

This is an scenario I would like to discuss with you, It’s related to an application that is deployed in different major corporate clients. It’s in a situation where some type of investment is required to try to unlock some of the existing problems it has. Situation AS-IS There are 2 objectives: Constraints: The initial … Read more

New York Knicks, Building a contender for the 2024 – 2025

In February of 2022, I was experimenting with the NBA Wardley Maps, and I wrote about various concepts I was experimenting while reviewing their team (organization, culture, team…). All can be found here: https://joapen.com/blog/2022/02/01/new-york-knicks-building-to-play-off-2021-2022/ New York Knicks 24-25 This past season they reached the conference semifinals with three key players injured but without a scratch … Read more

How AWS Takes Advantage of Open Source Projects

This gameplay has not a name in the table of Wardley’s gameplays, but it’s something that is happening in an ongoing basis. The map The steps Typically Open Source projects start as response to a specific technical problem, and if that problem to be solved is common, both: community and product grows. Some of these … Read more

Asking the prompt about how to ask better

One of the experiments I’m doing is to ask different prompts about building Wardley Maps using onlinewardleymaps.com notation. So to have better questions is key to enable the prompt to give you better answers. What is the reason to do it? Models reveal and reconcile, and it’s a good way to explore new fields, gain … Read more