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Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Purposedifferent
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.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing.
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0.5-2 Tage1-2 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
4-124-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsGap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes
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StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram