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The map cheat sheet, doctrine list, climatic patterns and gameplay

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What it is

The reference furniture of the technique. The cheat sheet post defines the four constituent parts of any map — anchor (the user need), position (visibility, derived from the chain of needs), types (activities, practices, data, knowledge) and evolution (stages I–IV) — and stresses that evolution is measured by ubiquity vs certainty, explicitly not by time-based diffusion curves, which is the single most commonly misunderstood point in the whole method. It also gives weak signals for each stage. The doctrine post gives the canonical ten: focus on user need; use a common language; be transparent; challenge assumptions; remove duplication and bias; use appropriate methods; think small; think aptitude and attitude; design for constant evolution; enable purpose, autonomy and mastery — defined as "basic universal principles applicable to all industries," distinct from context-specific gameplay and from climatic patterns. Learn Wardley Mapping's grid expands this to roughly 40 principles across four phases: Stop Self-Destructive Behaviour, Becoming More Context Aware, Better for Less, Continuously Evolving.

Limitations

There is no official doctrine poster — I found no canonical printable artefact from Wardley himself. The two doctrine-assessment tools that existed (Chris Daniel's at doctrine.wardleymaps.com, and Justin Stach's Google-Forms-based Doctrine Grid Tool) are both listed as discontinued by Learn Wardley Mapping; doctrine.wardleymaps.com no longer resolves. The 10-item and 40-item doctrine lists coexist without a clear statement of which supersedes which, which confuses newcomers. Climatic patterns and gameplay have no well-maintained standalone list — the book chapters are the only reliable source, and they are long-form prose rather than reference tables. Blog images are low-resolution.

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