---
title: Wardley map · Pele
description: Plot components by their visibility to the user and their stage of evolution.
---

```mermaid
wardley-beta
title Tea Shop Value Chain

anchor Business [0.95, 0.63]
component Cup of Tea [0.79, 0.61]
component Tea [0.63, 0.81]
component Hot Water [0.52, 0.80]
component Kettle [0.43, 0.35]
component Power [0.10, 0.70]

Business -> Cup of Tea
Cup of Tea -> Tea
Cup of Tea -> Hot Water
Hot Water -> Kettle
Kettle -> Power

evolve Kettle 0.62
evolve Power 0.89

note "Standardizing power allows Kettles to evolve faster" [0.30, 0.49]
```

```mermaid
wardley-beta
title Your Map Title
size [1100, 600]
```

```mermaid
wardley-beta
title Coordinate Examples

component Infrastructure [0.30, 0.20]        %% Low visibility, low evolution
component Product [0.70, 0.60]               %% High visibility, mid evolution
component User Need [0.90, 0.95]             %% High visibility, high evolution
```

```mermaid
wardley-beta
title Components

component API [0.60, 0.70]
component Database [0.40, 0.85] label [-50, 10]
component "Custom Service" [0.55, 0.35]
```

```mermaid
wardley-beta
title Hyphenated Names

component real-time processing [0.55, 0.40]
component end-user [0.90, 0.95]

end-user -> real-time processing
```

```mermaid
wardley-beta
title Anchors

anchor Customer [0.90, 0.95]
anchor Business [0.85, 0.90]

component Service [0.70, 0.75]

Customer -> Service
Business -> Service
```

```mermaid
wardley-beta
title Inertia

component Legacy System [0.45, 0.40] (inertia)
component New Platform [0.65, 0.45]

Legacy System -> New Platform
```

```mermaid
wardley-beta
title Sourcing Strategy

anchor Customer [0.80, 0.95]
component Custom App [0.45, 0.85] (build)
component Off-the-shelf Tool [0.85, 0.65] (buy)
component Managed Service [0.60, 0.40] (outsource)
component Cloud Platform [0.95, 0.25] (market)

Customer -> Custom App
Custom App -> Off-the-shelf Tool
Custom App -> Managed Service
Off-the-shelf Tool -> Cloud Platform
```

```mermaid
wardley-beta
title Link Types

component User [0.90, 0.95]
component App [0.75, 0.75]
component API [0.60, 0.60]
component Cache [0.65, 0.45]
component Database [0.15, 0.80]

User -> App
App +> API
API -> Database
API +<> Cache
Cache +'backup'> Database
```

```mermaid
wardley-beta
title Evolution

component Database [0.40, 0.50]
component API [0.55, 0.60]

Database -> API

evolve Database 0.75
evolve API 0.80
```

```mermaid
wardley-beta
title Pipeline Evolution

component Database [0.40, 0.60]

pipeline Database {
  component "File System" [0.25]
  component "SQL DB" [0.50]
  component "NoSQL" [0.70]
  component "Cloud DB" [0.85]
}
```

```mermaid
wardley-beta
title Custom Stages

evolution Unmodeled -> Divergent -> Convergent -> Modeled

component Raw Data [0.15, 0.20]
component Analysis [0.45, 0.50]
component Reports [0.75, 0.70]
```

```mermaid
wardley-beta
title Dual Label Stages

evolution Genesis / Concept -> Custom / Emerging -> Product / Converging -> Commodity / Accepted

component Novel Idea [0.05, 0.20]
component Custom Solution [0.35, 0.50]
component Product [0.65, 0.70]
component Utility [0.95, 0.90]
```

```mermaid
wardley-beta
title Custom Widths

evolution Genesis@0.2 -> Custom@0.4 -> Product@0.75 -> Commodity@1.0

component Novel [0.75, 0.15]
component Bespoke [0.70, 0.35]
component Product [0.65, 0.65]
component Utility [0.60, 0.90]
```

```mermaid
wardley-beta
title Notes

component API [0.60, 0.70]
component Database [0.40, 0.50]

API -> Database

note "Critical decision point" [0.65, 0.55]
note "High risk area" [0.40, 0.35]
```

```mermaid
wardley-beta
title Annotations

component API [0.60, 0.70]
component Cache [0.50, 0.55]
component Database [0.40, 0.40]

API -> Cache
Cache -> Database

annotations [0.10, 0.90]
annotation 1,[0.60, 0.65] "Critical component"
annotation 2,[0.50, 0.50] "Performance layer"
annotation 3,[0.40, 0.35] "Data persistence"
```

```mermaid
wardley-beta
title Forces

component Legacy [0.20, 0.85]
component Modern [0.55, 0.60]
component AI [0.70, 0.35]

Legacy -> Modern
Modern -> AI

accelerator "AI Adoption" [0.55, 0.25]
deaccelerator "Legacy Constraints" [0.15, 0.75]
```

```mermaid
wardley-beta
title Custom Size
size [800, 1000]
```

```mermaid
wardley-beta
title Software Platform Strategy
size [1100, 800]

evolution Genesis@0.25 -> Custom@0.5 -> Product@0.75 -> Commodity@1.0

anchor Customer [0.90, 0.95]

component "Mobile App" [0.80, 0.85] (build)
component "Web App" [0.75, 0.80] label [-60, 10] (build)
component "API Gateway" [0.70, 0.65] (buy)
component "Auth Service" [0.60, 0.55] (outsource)
component "Database" [0.50, 0.45] (buy) (inertia)
component "Cloud Platform" [0.30, 0.95] (market)

Customer -> "Mobile App"
Customer -> "Web App"
"Mobile App" -> "API Gateway"
"Web App" -> "API Gateway"
"API Gateway" -> "Auth Service"
"API Gateway" -> "Database"
"Database" -> "Cloud Platform"

evolve "API Gateway" 0.85
evolve "Database" 0.75

accelerator "Cloud Native" [0.20, 0.85]
deaccelerator "Legacy Data" [0.45, 0.35]

annotations [0.10, 0.20]
annotation 1,[0.78, 0.82] "User touchpoints"
annotation 2,[0.70, 0.60] "Integration layer"
annotation 3,[0.50, 0.40] "Data persistence"

note "Build mobile-first experience" [0.85, 0.90]
note "Migrate to cloud-native database" [0.60, 0.50]
```