Strategic modeling represents business priorities, complexity, capabilities, and investment choices so teams can connect architectural decisions with product outcomes. It helps groups decide what a socio-technical architecture should optimize for before committing to code and team structures. section 10.4
A practical strategic-modeling activity can:
- Expose competing architectural and product models, including the different team structures and code structures each would require. section 10.4
- Use Core Domain Charts to compare complexity and differentiation across capabilities and possible investments. section 10.4
- Combine multiple modeling sessions with Wardley Maps and refine the preferred option as understanding improves. section 10.4
Choosing a categories strategy
A marketplace team compared alternative models for categories, then mapped the portfolio with a Core Domain Chart. The group concluded that stronger categories would enable a core capability and support other important areas, while faster iteration would improve business outcomes. section 10.4
