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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 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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.When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage1-2 h15-45 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsVenn Diagram, Overlap Notes, DifferentiatorsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
ComparisonFacilitationAlignment
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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