Simon Wardley
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what they talk about
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where they keep going back
- OSCON4 editions2009–2014
- International Javascript Conference 2018 London2 editions2018–2018
- FrOSCon2 editions2009–2015
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on a stage with
- John Willisonce
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- Nick Tune28 talks
- James Lewis43 talks
| title | conference | date |
|---|---|---|
| From here to there and back again | Øredev 2025 | 2025-11-05 |
Claims that mapping (not graphs) reveals evolution, anchors on user needs, and predicts where to invest supported by concrete outcomes: a robotics project is… | ||
| Rewilding Software Engineering - AI, Tools and Human Decisions | Øredev 2025 | 2025-11-05 |
Claims: large language models extract about 60–80% of an architecture from code but miss 20–40% you cannot predict, so automated diagrams require recoding to… | ||
| Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones | AgileByExample 2025 | 2025-10-06 |
Uses Wardley Mapping to turn assumptions into positions on a map, exposing a custom‑rack detail that saves about £8 million in 5 minutes and a government… | ||
| From here to there and back again | Craft Conference 2025 | 2025-05-29 |
Introduces a practical method for strategic maps that use anchor position movement to expose evolution, shows a server-racking fix that cancels a multimillion… | ||
| From here to there and back again | Agile meets Architecture 2025 | 2025-04-03 |
Explains how Wardley Maps turn system graphs into actionable maps by anchoring users, listing user needs, mapping component evolution, then applying economic… | ||
| X Marks the Spot: Navigating Possible Futures with Wardley Maps | GOTO Copenhagen 2024 | 2024-09-30 |
Covers the Wardley mapping method that turns component graphs into actionable maps by adding an anchor and evolution axis, claiming a repeatable pattern… | ||
| X Marks the Spot: Navigating Possible Futures with Wardley Maps | GOTO Amsterdam 2024 | 2024-06-10 |
Maps expose assumptions with Wardley Maps and label components Genesis → Commodity so evolution, not buzzwords, drives decisions; mapping 9,223 papers yields… | ||
| Agile is a cult | Agile Tour London 2021 | 2021-10-21 |
Argues that Wardley Mapping exposes where things sit on a genesis→commodity evolution axis, so one method cannot fit all; shows maps that reveal a… | ||
| Simon Wardley, Leading Edge Forum | ServerlessConf 2018 | ServerlessConf 2018 San Francisco | 2018-07-29 |
Maps of value chains show code execution moving from product to utility with examples: nuts and bolts ~2,000 years, electricity ~1,400 years, computing ~80… | ||
| Keynote: Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones | KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2018 | 2018-05-02 |
Shows how to replace vague "bla" strategies with visual, context‑specific maps anchored on the user and an evolution axis, claims ~30 recurring economic… | ||
| Why the fuss about serverless | International Javascript Conference 2018 London | 2018-04-11 |
Argues serverless is a shift of compute from product to utility, creating low MTTR environments that enable functional billing and new operating practices… | ||
| Why the fuss about serverless | iJS 2018 Spring | 2018-04-11 |
Argues serverless (Lambda) shifts compute from product to utility, dropping MTTR and forcing new architecture and ops practices that make functional billing… | ||
| Simon Wardley at SpringOne Platform 2017 | SpringOne Platform 2017 | 2017-12-04 |
Creates a visual method that anchors a value chain to a customer and tracks component evolution, claiming 31 climatic patterns and about 40 doctrine types that… | ||
| Crossing the river by feeling the stones | Build Stuff 2017 | 2017-11-15 |
Introduces a practical mapping method that anchors user needs, plots component evolution from genesis to commodity, and reveals 31 repeatable economic… | ||
| Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones | Open Source Leadership Summit 2017 | 2017-02-14 |
Argues that strategy succeeds by building situational awareness with visual maps that anchor on user needs and show a value chain plus an evolution axis, not… | ||
| Situation Normal, Everything Must Change | GOTO Accelerate London 2016 | 2016-11-17 |
Argues that strategy requires visual, position-and-movement maps not buzzword lists, and gives a concrete mapping method: start with anchor user need, trace… | ||
| Situation Normal, Everything Must Change | FrOSCon 2015 | 2015-08-22 |
Argument: poor situational awareness kills strategy; build maps by combining value chain + evolution mapping to get position and movement, then choose where to… | ||
| Simon Wardley (Leading Edge Forum) Interview - OSCON 2014 | OSCON 2014 | 2014-07-20 |
Value chain mapping maps user needs to components and overlays a predictable evolution axis Genesis→product→commodity to give situational awareness and show… | ||
| "Introduction to Value Chain Mapping" | OSCON 2014 | 2014-07-20 |
Argues disruption is broadly predictable and fixes are practical: build a value chain + evolution map (user needs → components → stage of evolution), use it to… | ||
| Welcome | OSCON 2010 Cloud Summit | 2010-07-22 |
Opening frames cloud as an evolution: a collection of once-novel activities becoming utility services via an S‑curve from innovation to commodity, with CRM ->… | ||
| Situation Normal, Everything Must Change | OSCON 2010 | 2010-07-19 |
Argues cloud is the commoditization of IT as activities move along a life‑cycle from innovation to utility, demonstrated with a ubiquity‑vs‑certainty graph and… | ||
| Keynote: Cloud Computing | FrOSCon 2009 | 2009-08-22 |
Why IT Matters
In today’s computing world, it can often feel like we are drowning in wave after wave of new trends such as mashups, service oriented… | ||
| Cloud Computing - Why IT Matters | OSCON 2009 | 2009-07-20 |
Argues cloud computing is a socio-technical transformation comparable to the Industrial Revolution, driven by concept, suitability, technology and attitude… | ||
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