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This post is an exercise to map some of the main components of the assurance side of a company. The maps are out of context but it would apply to major business companies. The main map When we talk about quality assurance, internal audits, cybersecurity, regulations, and we forget about the purpose, the users and … Read more
Reasons to write about this Services are a key part of businesses, they cover a set of user needs but they are so much times managed as the last unit of the corporation. The communications and approaches we have with respect these areas are important, to keep them motivated and focused on their goals is … Read more
This is a theoretical exercise out of context that helps me to explain the evolution of components into a map. It contain a lot of capital flow management decisions, which means that you have to have a clear definition about what is the expected balance between capital expenditure Vs. added value provided. It’s an ideal … Read more
This book is good, not great, but good. It started being impressive with the story about the origins of the dynasty and with a fluent narrative that keep you engaged in the book. Then you start with the chapter “Kevin and me” and the book changes completely. It’s like a different author driving the phrases. … Read more
You can easily organize a practical session to learn and practice the main basic concepts of Wardley maps. How? using the New Year’s Eve Party proposed by Chris Daniel. All details about how to organize this workshop is described here. I wanted to extend this exercise and enable the attendants to learn about decisions to … Read more
This post is a set of reasons I think that made Wardley Maps are still not so much popular. Wardley Maps were formally published in 2005, so now in 2022 they are 17 years old. 1.- There is a map of mapping In chapter 7 of the original book from Simon Wardley, there is an … Read more
I have been reading about common sense framework from Sociocracy 3.0, specially focusing on the Common Sense Framework that they propose. I have a model in my mind that is the Wardley Maps structure: that contains: doctrines, climatic patterns, gameplays and the cycle of strategy. So I cannot avoid the comparison to that model. Where … Read more
Context You are in an organization where you are driving different initiatives and they are being approved in silos, without having a strategic view about where each one of these initiatives are going on. Better understanding of the ROI of the investment is required, to keep the pace of construction is desired, understand there is … Read more
This book is very interesting by two reasons: One, the stories are really diverse and well described, which help to remember the laws. Second because what Robert Greene calls “laws” is very similar to what I understand as gameplays (from Wardley Maps). The laws by category I have used some of the categories of Wardley … Read more
This post is for my poor memory, In terms of Wardley Mapping I did this t-shirt for showing the difference on a map 🙂