Wardley Mapping is a powerful Strategy framework. It gives leaders a living view of how user needs, value chains, and component evolution shape the choices available to them. It turns Strategy from static planning into dynamic navigation. Yet as with any tool, its value depends on how it is applied.
Executives often fall into predictable traps when adopting Wardley Mapping. Some use maps as attractive visuals without embedding them into Decision making. Others create maps but fail to update them,
