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Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration for Theory of Change
Systems Thinking
Theory of Change
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.Theory of Change translates a desired impact into a traceable chain of change. It makes assumptions, intermediate goals, and measurement points visible before a program is rolled out at scale.
Complexitysame
HighHigh
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage2-6 h
Participantssame
4-124-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsTheory of Change Map, Assumptions, Outcome Measures
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StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
ImpactOutcomesSystems thinkingStrategy
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Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
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Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
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Paper illustration for Impact Filter
Decision Making
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