Looking ahead using Wardley Maps

Presented by
  • Mike Clement

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    Mike Clement

    Software Engineering Leader, Speaker, Trainer, Facilitator

    Looking ahead using Wardley Maps

    In a company, department, or team, we will often talk about “strategy”. This term is rarely well defined, or at least not defined in a way that is useful. It usually means that we need to see into the future to outmaneuver our competition, or at least to navigate a changing market and competitive landscape. Traditional tools are limited in their ability to help us which lead Simon Wardley to create maps that have helped him (and now others) to understand the current landscape as well as see common patterns that can allow you to “predict the future”. In this session, Mike introduces Wardley Maps, the different ways they can be used for understanding the strategic landscape, and aid in strategic decision making.

    About Mike Clement

    Mike Clement is a husband, father of four and currently a Senior Engineering Manager at SamCart. Mike believes we work best when we are working together and that there are no best practices—only better and worse ones depending on the context. Some leading practices Mike is passionate about are Test Driven Development, Pair and Mob Programming, User Story Mapping, Domain Driven Design and Open Space Technology. Passionate about raising the bar of technical excellence in the software development community, Mike is a founder and organizer of Software Crafters Atlanta, the Software Crafters Unconference, and the Lean+Agile Atlanta Unconference. Find out more about Mike on his blog (http://blog.softwareontheside.com/) and on Twitter at @mdclement.