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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy Scenario Planning | ![]() Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test | ![]() Decision Making Pre-Mortem |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 0.5-2 Tage | Half day | 20–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-8 | Small cross-functional group |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyUncertaintyPlanning | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning |
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