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I’ve been working with the Azure Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and the Azure Well-Architected Framework (WAF) quite a bit recently – and while the content is excellent and comprehensive, I found it hard to navigate quickly or explain clearly in practice.

I’m a visual learner. The sheer volume of documentation can feel overwhelming, and I needed a better way to understand the structure, flow, and relationships between the key parts. So I built a couple of interactive mind maps using a tool called Markmap. Theyve helped me get to grips with the frameworks more easily, and Im sharing them here in case they help others too.

Lets take a look:

Azure CAF

This project visualises the structure of the Cloud Adoption Framework in a single, explorable map. From strategy and planning to governance and management, the layout is designed to help you grasp how the different stages fit together.

📦 GitHub Repository
🗺 Launch Interactive Map

Azure WAF

The WAF map breaks down the five pillars of the Well-Architected Framework, along with key principles and design considerations. Its a handy way to refer to the framework during architecture sessions or to anchor discussions around best practices.

📦 GitHub Repository
🗺 Launch Interactive Map

Why and How

I built these maps because I learn best when I can see how things connect.

Working through long-form documentation is necessary – but sometimes, especially when preparing for reviews or walking through a framework with a team, I need a more structured, visual approach. Thats where Markmap comes in.

Markmap turns Markdown into an interactive mind map. Its:

• Lightweight and open source

• Easy to maintain in GitHub

• Perfect for creating skimmable, navigable versions of dense content

Each map starts with a plain Markdown file, structured using bullet points. Markmap does the rest.

If you’re a visual thinker, or just looking for a more approachable way to engage with CAF and WAF, these tools might be helpful.

Both projects are open source and available to fork, adapt, or build upon. Feedback and contributions welcome.

Thanks for checking them out.

Dan

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