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Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption 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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage45-120 min45-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-123-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking
Tagsno overlap
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
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Paper illustration of MVP Test Matrix with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
MVP Test Matrix
Paper illustration of Riskiest Assumption Test with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Riskiest Assumption Test
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing