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Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation 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.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.When roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowLow
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage60–90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-122-83-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements
Tagsno overlap
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model