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Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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 loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowMedium
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage15-30 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-123-124-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsIdea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized listAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping