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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy Scenario Planning | ![]() Decision Making Option Framing | ![]() 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. | In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question. | 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 | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 0.5-2 Tage | 45-120 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tags1 shared | StrategyUncertaintyPlanning | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |
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