# Wardley Maps A Wardley map is a map of the structure of a business or service, mapping the components needed to serve the customer or user. Each component in a Wardley map is classified both by the value it has to the customer or user and by the maturity of that component. The maturity can range from custom-made to commodity. Components are drawn as nodes on a graph with value on the y-axis and commodity on the x-axis. A custom-made component with no direct value to the user would sit at the bottom-left of such a graph while a commodity component with high direct value to the user would sit at the top-right of such a graph. Components are connected on the graph with edges showing that they are linked. [[Simon Wardley]] claims that much of the process's value lies in "exposing assumptions. allowing challenge and creating consensus" ## References - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardley_map