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Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
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.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.
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Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage1-2 h45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
4-124-123-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs
Tags1 shared
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping