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Lean Wardley Map
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What is Lean Wardley Map?
Lean Wardley Map is a card from the Team Tactics deck by Pip Decks.
Make a list of the parts that enable your team to function, then identify if they are fragile or robust to reveal high-value areas of opportunity to evolve your team.
“Crossing the river by feeling the stones.”, Deng Xiaoping
Works well with Top Tasks.
When to use Lean Wardley Map
- Experiencing inefficiencies in team operations
- Need to scale business processes
- Desire to reduce micromanagement
- Identifying key areas for team development
- Facing challenges in aligning team efforts
- Requiring clarity in team roles and dependencies
- Seeking to enhance team autonomy
How to use Lean Wardley Map
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List: one user, one need and 3‒5 capabilities (things that enable a need to be fulfilled) .
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Arrange your list as a value chain. Use arrows to denote ‘depends on’ relationships. For example: a complete project depends on a project brief, which depends on access to research, etc.
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Draw the following diagram and plot each element onto the stage of evolution that it best fits into.
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Choose a part (e.g., access to research) you’d like to improve (evolve). Use Force-Field Analysis to assess the size of the challenge.
