I often face new situations and projects, and recently I had to mentor a new colleague. In my mentoring, I started articulating what models and tricks I use to understand new situations. Join this workshop to learn how making things visible makes an impact and how visualizations are a key starting point when understanding new situations.

During the workshop, we will draw and have exercises, and your current situations. If you have some new fields to explore - have them in mind too. While you might know of mind maps, heuristics, and various one-page canvas approaches. I have found that strategy maps help me better as it enables me to express stakeholder priority and solution maturity in one drawing.

During the workshop, I will provide strategy maps from some of my different projects and explain how the maps have helped me understand new situations. Let me use the examples to introduce you to the key concepts of Wardley Mapping and how that has helped me to understand a new situation.

Note: This workshop is a live only event and will not be recorded.

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  • Jesper Ottosen
    • Understanding New Situations With Strategy Maps
    Jesper Ottosen
    99 Minute Workshop

    Understanding New Situations With Strategy Maps

    What

    99 Minute Workshop

    Description

    I often face new situations and projects, and recently I had to mentor a new colleague. In my mentoring, I started articulating what models and tricks I use to understand new situations. Join this workshop to learn how making things visible makes an impact and how visualizations are a key starting point when understanding new situations.

    During the workshop, we will draw and have exercises, and your current situations. If you have some new fields to explore - have them in mind too. While you might know of mind maps, heuristics, and various one-page canvas approaches. I have found that strategy maps help me better as it enables me to express stakeholder priority and solution maturity in one drawing.

    During the workshop, I will provide strategy maps from some of my different projects and explain how the maps have helped me understand new situations. Let me use the examples to introduce you to the key concepts of Wardley Mapping and how that has helped me to understand a new situation.

    Learning Outcomes

    • Use a mind map to understand a working context
    • Prioritize your map to understand stakeholder needs
    • Analyze the state of your situation to make decisions
    • Compare visualization techniques to achieve a better understanding of a situation

    Prerequisites

    Know-how of Miro boards, google docs, and mind maps is helpful.
    A challenge from your own situation
    A high-level understanding of your system landscape

    Speaker

    Jesper Ottosen
    Jesper Ottosen
    Senior Advisory Consultant
    Jesper primarily works with programs and projects that change the IT landscape of the organization, either by transitioning complete IT services or by transforming the IT solutions for the business to more up-to-date approaches and technologies. Jesper believes that aligning the business drivers and management needs is key to establishing a relevant test strategy. Jesper has recently used Wardley mapping to understand the business needs. He has found it key to create test activities that support organizational needs and business goals to scale. In addition, he has authored multiple leadership resources to help professionals see how making test strategy visible can deepen understanding of the ever-evolving systems landscape.