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4 Visualization Maps to Help Start a Digital Project

A blog post offering four distinct types of visualization maps that help digital project teams quickly build shared understanding and alignment when starting new work.

Organization: Code for Canada
Published Year: 2025

The post describes how creating a team map, role map, high-level journey map, and ecosystem map early in a project enables teams to visualise key people, roles, user journeys, and system relationships.

It provides step-by-step instructions, visual examples, and tips (e.g., start with a sketch, colour-code relationships) to make the mapping process inclusive and actionable for multidisciplinary teams. The goal is to reduce confusion, surface assumptions, foster collaboration, and accelerate clarity in the early phases of digital public service work.