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Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration for PERT Estimation.
Decision Making
PERT 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.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.On complex initiatives, a plain average tends to understate just how uncertain the outcome really is. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a PERT Estimate, Expected Value, and Risk Notes.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowMedium
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage20–45 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
4-12Small cross-functional group1-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logPERT Estimate, Expected Value, Risk Notes
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StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
EstimationUncertaintyRisk
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Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
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