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Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration for Change Analysis.
Operations
Change Analysis
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.For a deviation after a change, the method isolates the influence of the altered condition. It narrows down which differences are relevant and which are just accompanying noise.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
HighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage45-120 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-122-64-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsChange Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action ListAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
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Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
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