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Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Wideband Delphi.
Decision Making
Wideband Delphi
Paper illustration for Three-Point Estimation.
Decision Making
Three-Point Estimation
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 knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.A single opinion rarely holds up for planning when the future is genuinely uncertain. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as an Estimate Range, Assumption Log, and Expert Consensus Notes.A single estimate for effort, time, or risk often looks too smooth for the real uncertainty behind it. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Three-Point Estimate, Risk Range, and Assumption Notes.
Complexitydifferent
HighHighHighMedium
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage1-4 Wochen1-4 h or multiple rounds10-30 min je Item
Participantsdifferent
4-126-30 Experten4-12 Experten1-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesEstimate Range, Assumption Log, Expert Consensus NotesThree-Point Estimate, Risk Range, Assumption Notes
Tagsno overlap
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
EstimationExpertsForecasting
EstimationUncertaintyForecasting
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