Simon Wardley gifted his research & ideas to the world over a decade ago, and he wants society to benefit from them for decades to come. Let's start a Wardley Mapping Foundation to help him carry the load!

1. The
Wardley Mapping
Foundation
Oct, 2022
@spurkis

2. As Simon Wardley
I need Wardley Mapping to outlive me
so that people continue to benefit from it

3. Last year …

4. Funding Test
Random
Target:
£100k
Raised: £2.5k

5. Volunteer Test

6. What would it do?

7. Genesis Custom Product
(+ rental)
Commodity
(+ utility)
???
People

8. Genesis Custom Product
(+ rental)
Commodity
(+ utility)
Wardley Mapping
Body of Knowledge
Tweets
@swardley
Conference
Videos
Book
Better
Outcomes
Discussions
People
Patterns of
Competition

9. Genesis Custom Product
(+ rental)
Commodity
(+ utility)
Wardley Mapping
Body of Knowledge
Tweets
@swardley
Conference
Videos
Book
Discussions
Better
Outcomes
People
Community
Patterns of
Competition

10. open repositories
of knowledge
1
support research
2
support
education
3
support events
4
open standards &
tooling
5
community
6
The Foundation’s Purpose

11. How would it work?

12. ● UK Non-Profit
● Volunteer driven
● Based on OSOM

13. Knowledge
(e.g.: book)
Email & DNS
Discord
Website Github
Tech
Standards
Event
Infrastructure
Forum
Establishing
Legend
Future Service
Membership
Grants
Branding
Community
Outreach

14. Genesis Custom Product
(+ rental)
Commodity
(+ utility)
Wardley Mapping
Body of Knowledge
Tweets
@swardley
Conference
Videos
Book
Discussions
Better
Outcomes
People
Community
Patterns of
Competition
As a member of the public
I need to understand patterns of competition
So that I can produce better outcomes

15. https://discord.gg/wDeRkkmXRE

16. github.com/Wardley-Mapping-Foundation

19. How can you help?

20. Volunteers
● Treasurer
manage money
● Secretariat
keep us organised, non-profit admin
● Tech Standards service manager
oversee creation of technical standards
● Branding service manager
logo, styleguide, site design, etc.
● Membership service manager
Membership & partners program
Money
● Boring Admin stuff like:
○ Accounting
○ Legal fees
○ Insurance
○ Basic tooling
○ Etc.
● Exciting stuff like:
○ Hire a Community Manager
○ Providing more services
○ Better tooling
○ Funding community projects
The Foundation needs …

21. Donate!
bit.ly/start-the-wmf
bit.ly/wmf-discord
github.com/Wardley-Mapping-Foundation
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Start the Wardley Mapping Foundation