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Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration of a SWOT matrix with four separated quadrants and marked strategic options.
Business Strategy
SWOT Analysis
Paper illustration of a Business Model Canvas with nine connected compartments, a few notes and symbols for customers, delivery and economic relationships.
Business Strategy
Business Model Canvas
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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.SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them.The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins.
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Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage30-60 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-123-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsSWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action listBusiness Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses
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StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning
Business modelStrategyValueInnovation
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