Arrow on evolutions going to the left

[johnhearn]

The arrow head on evolutions that go left is pointing the wrong way.

The arrow should point left.

[johnhearn]

Example:

component test [0.9, 0.2]
evolve test 0.1

[damonsk]

Hi @johnhearn

My understanding is that components don't generally de-evolve so such a thing wouldn't appear on a wardley map. Is that the intent?

Of course @swardley would be the person to confirm.

[swardley]

That is correct. The only circumstance when something “de-evolves” is when competition is removed either through a monopoly or it has become redundant.

The far more common circumstance is when something is becoming a commodity BUT a vendor wishes it to remain a product or appear as custom built. Hence the two main forms are:-

1. Something evolves to a more evolved state A -> A’

2. Vendor pretends something is less evolved B -> B’

Both are covered by the existing format:-

component A [0.49, 0.64]

component B [0.36, 0.61]

evolve A->A' 0.8

evolve B->B' 0.3

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Hi @johnhearn https://github.com/johnhearn

My understanding is that components don't generally de-evolve so such a thing wouldn't appear on a wardley map. Is that the intent?

Of course @swardley https://github.com/swardley would be the person to confirm.

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[johnhearn]

My situation is that my company wants to beat competition by gradually customising an existing product. How do I represent that?

[swardley]

By way of example

title Our Plan

component The Market [0.67, 0.68] label [-51, -15]
evolve The Market -> Our Solution 0.3

annotation 1 [0.70, 0.51] In a competitive market, our aim is to "de-evolve" an existing product by either altering market dynamics or creation of some specific need such as status
annotations [0.12, 0.04]

Even if you achieve this, the competitive pressure will still ultimately drive the component back towards a product / heading towards a commodity unless you plan to restrict access to a select few i.e. altering market dynamics.