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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 of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
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.The VUCA Scan helps read difficult situations more precisely. Instead of treating unclarity as generally complicated, the method separates fast change, missing knowledge, systemic entanglement, and ambiguous interpretation.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowLow
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage20–45 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-12Small cross-functional group1-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logVUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning Plan
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StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
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Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
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Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
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