Wardley Mapping is a technique that helps you examine your environment, identify upcoming changes and properly choose your actions. By examining what is needed, what components will be in use, what are their dependencies and characteristics, you can build a visual representation of your world, play what-if games, and pick your direction and best actions to support it.
This is a list of useful Wardley mapping resources and examples. Short URL: list.wardleymaps.com. Contributions welcome! Contribution guidelines for adding something to the list.
Sun Tzu, Boyd & Wardley on situational awareness, OODA "Loops" and Wardley mapping by [Erik Schön](https://twitter.com/erik_schon). [PDF](https://leanpub.com/TheArtOfStrategy)/[Paperback](https://www.amazon.com/ART-STRATEGY-Towards-Business-Agility/dp/B086PTDZT1).
Foundation in Wardley Mapping. For those who need to know and understand the basics of Strategy using Wardley Mapping either with a view to becoming a Practitioner or with a need to work effectively with Practitioners. A certified Foundation in using Wardley Mapping candidate has proficiency in reading and understanding Wardley Maps.
Covers the development of your IT strategy using Wardley Maps to predict the future, understand which methodologies are best suited to developing and delivery information management systems. Download the [Wardley map source files](https://marketplace.officialstatistics.org/template-wardley-maps) used to create the Handbook on IT Strategy. Mar 13, 2019.
Two use cases: giving NSOs access to new sources of (sensitive) Big Data; and enabling Big Data Collaborations Across Multiple NSO. Download [Wardley maps slide deck](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hIcTcwp7SEnh3SEfRCiJ7SDPZGeFRWLhzHYDDkSfKTc). Mar 12, 2019.
Online open source mapping tool. For updates follow [@MapsAsCode](https://twitter.com/MapsAsCode) on Twitter. Hosted version available [here](https://onlinewardleymaps.com/). Online documentation [Wardley Maps as Code](https://docs.onlinewardleymaps.com/).
Render and edit Wardley maps within Visual Studio Code. This VSCode extention leverages the engine from OnlineWardleyMaps.com. Online documentation [Wardley Maps as Code](https://docs.onlinewardleymaps.com/).
Render and edit Wardley maps within Obsidian.md. This community plugin leverages the engine from OnlineWardleyMaps.com. Online documentation [Wardley Maps as Code](https://docs.onlinewardleymaps.com/).
Note MapScript is built on Observable. Read their [Terms of Service](https://observablehq.com/terms-of-service). MapScript [feature requests](https://mapscript.canny.io/feature-requests). Hosted version available [here](https://mapscript.org).
Multiplayer Wardley Maps at a click of a button. Collaborate on your maps with others. Host your maps for free. For updates, you can follow [@mapkeep on Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@mapkeep), [@mapkeep on X](https://twitter.com/mapkeep), [mapkeep on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/mapkeep), subscribe to the [YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/@mapkeep), or subscribe to the [News and Updates blog](https://blog.mapkeep.com/).
A moldable and programmable environment in which Wardley Maps can be intertwinned with knowledge management and multi language notebooks. Follow [@feenkcom](https://twitter.com/feenkcom) to learn more.
Native macOS app to build wardley maps using its own `wmap` syntax (Apple Silicon only). GPLv3. It includes a QuickLook plugin to preview `wmap` files as images, and sharing to collaboratively edit maps.
A command line tool to render `wmap` formatted maps to PNG or SVG.
wardleyToGo is a SDK to do map-as-code and a high level language (wtg) to express map-as-data. The set of tools allows an easy integration of the map in CI, and the online demo allows to desing maps online.
A simple tool for visualising how competitive a company is in light of Wardley's doctrine. Hosted version available [here](https://doctrine.wardleymaps.com/).
Command-line tool that renders OnlineWardleyMaps DSL text to SVG. Pipes stdin to stdout, ships as npm package and standalone binaries. Uses the OnlineWardleyMaps parser.
A plugin for [fedwiki](http://fed.wiki.org/view/welcome-visitors) that enables you to write maps in `wmap` syntax and create links to other wiki pages from components.
A javascript renderer that creates maps in a canvas element for wardley maps that use the `wmap` syntax, can be used exclusively on the browser or on nodeJS.
