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Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration of a yellow story card, blue rule cards, green example cards and a red question card on a light workspace.
Agile
Example Mapping
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
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
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 story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound.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.When business rules need to become precise, it ties language, example, and test together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as an Example Table and Acceptance Tests.
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Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage30-60 min45-90 min60-90 min pro Feature
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Outputdifferent
Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsExample Table, Acceptance Tests
Tagsno overlap
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
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