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# Wardley Mapping Team Cognitive Load - Part 2/2

If you didn’t read the first part, I recommend you do it before continuing!

[![](https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c0a281a9-9990-499e-9c9f-11bd9a02e64e_399x399.png)Aleix's LearningsWardley Mapping Team Cognitive Load - Part 1/2In the past, when I started a project, I used Lean Canvas to help me know my value proposition. I stopped using it. The Lean Canvas isn’t helping me at this stage. I can fill the canvas, but most of those points will be assumptions that will bring me a false sense of control or just generic enough that will apply to any project I…Read more3 years ago · Aleix Morgadas](https://learnings.aleixmorgadas.dev/p/wardley-mapping-team-cognitive-load?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web)

# The map

[![](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8d999650-aa35-40c3-9981-0fc32bd59b89_1794x1116.png)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nZZY!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8d999650-aa35-40c3-9981-0fc32bd59b89_1794x1116.png)

[![](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1ad06a0f-10d1-4e11-a6f9-19d19c5db79a_490x367.gif)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!q_kq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1ad06a0f-10d1-4e11-a6f9-19d19c5db79a_490x367.gif)

Based on what we learned, we could say:

[![](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6a6b9fe2-a18d-4bae-b74b-f0f30527cf2e_1794x1116.png)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8X4U!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a6b9fe2-a18d-4bae-b74b-f0f30527cf2e_1794x1116.png)

But building on top of google sheets feels odd right? Let’s rethink the map with other components that fulfill those needs.

# Rethinking the components

All the components I mentioned were used because the [Team Cognitive Load Assessment](https://github.com/TeamTopologies/Team-Cognitive-Load-Assessment) uses Google Forms and google sheets underneath. Those two components influenced everything else we built on top.

Let’s start from scratch.

I will add another need that was implicit in the previous map, managing teams and their members.

[![](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/60df16bd-45a9-46a0-bad9-570e479d3cba_1794x1126.png)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WWW6!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F60df16bd-45a9-46a0-bad9-570e479d3cba_1794x1126.png)

### What is needed to fulfill those needs?

We need four main components:

- Running the survey. Which notifies the team members to respond to the survey for a specific time frame.
- Team\<>Members ’ relationship to know who belongs to which team when the survey is sent.
- Cognitive load survey results to calculate the teams’ cognitive load at one point.
- Cognitive load historic to see the evolution of teams’ cognitive load over time.

Those components will use off-the-shelf components such as:

- Notification system: either Slack or email
- PostgreSQL: because not building on top of spreadsheets should be obvious

[![](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4171461e-c01e-41b4-8c64-2b9520cd3bb9_1850x1126.png)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oxC5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4171461e-c01e-41b4-8c64-2b9520cd3bb9_1850x1126.png)

Now it’s more clear what the project will do and what I should custom build :D

[![](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c3724aff-eaec-4368-8e5d-1b16612becff_1850x1126.png)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4gaT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3724aff-eaec-4368-8e5d-1b16612becff_1850x1126.png)

## Next post: Team Cognitive Load tech stack

I will share what I decided to use to custom-build those components. I will share things such as:

- Libraries/Frameworks
- Deployment strategy
- Monitoring
- Databases
- Authentication system

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