Getting started with Wardley Maps

-- Description

In this interactive workshop, we will explore the topic of Wardley Maps and how you can use maps pragmatically to develop software systems and IT landscapes. Wardley Maps are evolving strategy maps that create context-specific situational awareness of software systems (and more). They provide a place to communicate complex issues: How do business and systems relate? Where do we build something ourselves, what do we reuse from others, and what do we outsource completely? What development practices and processes do we use to do this? We create Wardley Maps for these kinds of questions to better understand our situation. And more! With a map, we can also plan where to go. For this, Wardley Mapping offers us a rich fund of signposts for navigating and tips for dealing with legacy issues.

Level of difficulty: Beginner

-- Agenda

09:00 am - 5:00 pm CET/CEST (incl. 1 hour lunch break and 4 x 10 minutes break)

• Learn the basics of Wardley Maps (components, value chain, relationships, evolution)

• Classify your situation with climatic patterns, doctrine, and strategic moves

• Visualize and discuss the evolution of software systems

• Relate effects of team organization, process models, and software quality to the evolution of software systems

• Learn about application examples of Wardley Maps in software modernization

-- Audience

People who feel responsible for developing complex software systems on different hierarchy levels, such as developers, architects, project managers, IT managers, and decision-makers.

Requirements: Interest in visual communication, not afraid of practical exercises, some knowledge of IT systems (and their challenges).