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Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration showing three sorted card stacks and an open question about a possible group.
UX Research
Card Sorting
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact 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 content only makes sense internally and users can't find the structure again, card sorting exposes their mental order. Terms, groups, and naming are then aligned with the target group's expectations.When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowMedium
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage20-45 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-12Based on research question3-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsContent groups, Label set, IA hypothesesImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options
Tagsno overlap
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
Information architectureNavigationStructure
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
Paper illustration for Theory of Change
Systems Thinking
Theory of Change
Paper illustration of a branching category tree with a highlighted search path and possible dead ends.
UX Research
Tree Testing