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Criterion
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Purposedifferent
When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.The VUCA Scan helps read difficult situations more precisely. Instead of treating unclarity as generally complicated, the method separates fast change, missing knowledge, systemic entanglement, and ambiguous interpretation.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
45-90 min30-90 min1-3 h0.5-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-81-101-84-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsVUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning PlanArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
SensemakingDecisionRationale
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
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