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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy Scenario Planning | ![]() Systems Thinking VUCA Scan | ![]() Product Strategy Counter Metrics | ![]() Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The VUCA Scan helps read difficult situations more precisely. Instead of treating unclarity as generally complicated, the method separates fast change, missing knowledge, systemic entanglement, and ambiguous interpretation. | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. | When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 0.5-2 Tage | 30-90 min | 30-60 min | 60-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 1-10 | 2-6 | 4-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options | VUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning Plan | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyUncertaintyPlanning | SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | ComplexitySensemakingDecision |



