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Wardley Mapping · IN SHORT

Map what you depend on.Explore build or buy.

Start with one user and need, then map the underlying components and dependencies. Wardley Mapping adds market maturity to support discussion of strategic choices about building, buying and developing.

Wardley MappingSKILL

Your brief

Members want to reserve available equipment. We use a custom calendar, stock list, membership system and email. We do not know which parts to keep building.

Possible draft

Fictional example: an equipment lending service

The map connects reservations to availability, access rights and confirmation. Investigate what is available for each component, including integration costs and privacy. A mature product may be a buying option, not an automatic answer.

Illustrative example

01 / THE FOUNDATION

You bring the context.The skill adds structure.

What you provide

  • One end user with one primary need.
  • Required activities, knowledge, data, people and technology.
  • Dependencies and evidence of what can already be bought as a product.

What you get back

A text map, component table, strategic options, evolution scenarios and questions about organisational assumptions.

02 / SEE HOW IT WORKS

From an idea to a draft.

Illustrative exampleFictional example: an equipment lending serviceRead the example

Your brief

Members want to reserve available equipment. We use a custom calendar, stock list, membership system and email. We do not know which parts to keep building.

Possible draft

The map connects reservations to availability, access rights and confirmation. Investigate what is available for each component, including integration costs and privacy. A mature product may be a buying option, not an automatic answer.

This example shows the approach. It is not a client result or a guarantee of a particular outcome.

03 / GET STARTED

A repeatable approach.Your own context.

  1. Anchor the need

    Choose the user and identify around eight to fifteen concrete components.

  2. Map position and dependencies

    Connect dependencies and place components by visibility and evolution from novel to standardised.

  3. Explore strategic choices

    Compare building, buying and experimenting. Record uncertainty and test assumptions that obstruct change.

04 / MAKE IT YOURS

Ready foryour work.

Take the instructions, add your own context and review the draft. You stay in control.

Full information

Wardley Mapping

Download. Apply. Refine.

Download the skill (English)

File language: English

From download to use

  1. Save the ZIP file: ai-wardley-mapping-strategy-skill-for-claude.zip.
  2. Using Claude? Follow the installation guide for your environment. Downloading alone does not activate the skill.
  3. Then provide your own brief and the context listed above. Review the output before using it.
Installation guide (Dutch)
Keep in mind
  • The map is a provisional discussion tool. Evolution positions and scenarios are not certain market forecasts.
  • The skill establishes no cost savings, competitive advantage or SEO results. Check current alternatives, dependencies and obligations.