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Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
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 teams derive needs only from assumptions and real motives are missing, user interviews give direct access to behavior and meaning. Conversations from the target group's everyday life make patterns, tensions, and open questions solidly visible.GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowMedium
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage30–60 min per interview1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
4-121 participant per interview2-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsInterview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryGap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
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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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Product Discovery
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