Due to this cool book here: https://medium.com/wardleymaps/on-being-lost-2ef5f05eb1ec a in a nutshell summary.
The map shows dimensions relatively to the user
a) y-axis: the component value (= value chain), higher = more visible to user
b) x-axis: the component maturity. From “genesis” (left) to “commodity” (right)
As mentioned in the book “However, the map also has some advanced features which are not so immediately obvious. There is a flow of risk, information and money between components.“. Flows are shown as arrows between components.
The elements in a wardley-maps can be from different component types (usually drawn as circle): activities, data, knowledge, etc. The type has impact on the x-axis naming. Compare: https://medium.com/wardleymaps/finding-a-path-cdb1249078c0 (overview image).
The changes (= are decisions = are movements of the maturity is drawn as dotted lined arrow. If something disappears, it will hit a wall. Needs and other dependencies are drawn as lines (not arrows) between components.
Decisions often taken in a specific context e.g., “to fulfill the user need”. The related components are enclosed by a shape e.g., circle. Specific contexts have different border or background colors.
Due to https://medium.com/wardleymaps/the-play-and-a-decision-to-act-8eb796b1dff1 “There are two different forms of why The why of movement is what I’m going to concentrate on here but in order to examine this then we must first understand the landscape, orientate ourselves around this and then we can determine where to attack”.
