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Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
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 complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels.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.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage45-90 min1-2 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-123-124-122-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision LogAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
DecisionRolesGovernance
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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