Evolution

The Evolution datatype is an Enumerated type that indicates the lifecycle stage of a service

It has the following possible values:

  1. Genesis - stage 1
  2. Novel - stage 2
  3. Product - stage 3
  4. Commodity - stage 4
All of the values relate to the evolutionary stages used in Wardley Maps.

Wardley Evolution Stages
Image sourced from Simon Wardley's blog: Gardeviance