How to make better modernization decisions

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Uses Wardley Mapping to place capabilities on an evolution axis and decide what to build versus buy, uses Service Blueprints to map a home‑delivery subscription user journey down to the APIs and temporal couplings, and uses an Architecture/Product Decision Tracking Framework to record options, tradeoffs and status. Works on a decades-old system supporting commerce and subscriptions, aligns over 60 people across teams, surfaces where complexity bleeds to users, and produces concrete, defeasible modernization choices.

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1. 0:00Modernizing legacy systems
2. 2:32App modernization challenges
3. 7:53Wardley Mapping for strategy
4. 16:19Mapping user needs
5. 25:48Aligning teams on solutions
6. 29:20Q&A

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