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Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
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 a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage60-120 min1-3 h30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-124-102-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanGap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
Tagsno overlap
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
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