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Methodology overview
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Wardley Mapping overview
A strategy tool for mapping the landscape of a business or technology ecosystem. Places components on a value chain (vertical axis, user-visible to invisible) against their evolution stage (horizontal axis: Genesis, Custom, Product, Commodity). Reveals strategic plays like build vs. buy decisions, where to invest, and anticipating market movements through climatic patterns and doctrine.
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displayName
Wardley Mapping
description
A strategy tool for mapping the landscape of a business or technology
ecosystem. Places components on a value chain (vertical axis, user-visible
to invisible) against their evolution stage (horizontal axis: Genesis,
Custom, Product, Commodity). Reveals strategic plays like build vs. buy
decisions, where to invest, and anticipating market movements through
climatic patterns and doctrine.
methodologyKind
strategy
origin
Simon Wardley
yearIntroduced
2005
Outgoing edges
applies_to2
- domain:strategy·DomainStrategy
- domain:software-engineering·DomainSoftware Engineering
Incoming edges
None.