The Method Is Free.

The WISER Method and its printable practitioner templates are published under CC BY-SA 4.0. Use the method, adapt the templates, and build on the framework.

The repository on GitHub · Releases

What is open

• The method. The WISER Method document: the Canons, Plays, Playbooks, and Positions.
• Printable practitioner templates. Five PDFs with their HTML sources: the Friction Map, the Position Reference Cards, the Playbook Quick Reference, the Experiment Type Selector, and the Iteration Triggers Reference. The Friction Map also has a format-neutral spec you can build in any tool.
• The CSS design system. The template styling and base HTML templates used to generate the PDF reference cards.
• The license. CC BY-SA 4.0: use it commercially, adapt it freely, and share your changes under the same license, with attribution.

What is not

These are not part of the open release and stay with their rights holders:

• The book. WISER Method Master Playbook: Build What Matters with AI First Principles teaches the method through narrative, case study, and worked examples. About the book
• The hosted templates. The Notion workspace and Google workbooks are free for personal use from the templates page.

How to attribute

When you use or adapt the WISER Method, include this attribution:

Based on the WISER Method (wisermethod.com), stewarded by EffectiveSC. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. github.com/wisermethod/wiser-method

For adapted work, also say that you made changes.

“WISER Method” is a trademark of EffectiveSC, a 501(c)(3) public charity. You may describe your work as “based on the WISER Method” or “adapted from the WISER Method.” You may not describe it as “the WISER Method” or “WISER certified,” offer certification under the name, or imply endorsement by EffectiveSC without a separate written agreement.