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Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
A paper-based illustration representing Wardley Mapping with its core stages and visible working result.
Systems Thinking
Wardley Mapping
Paper illustration for Behavior Over Time Graph.
Systems Thinking
Behavior Over Time Graph
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.Wardley Mapping makes visible where an offering stands today and where it can evolve. The method connects user need, value chain, and evolution stages into a strategic basis for platform, build, or buy decisions.A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumLow
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage1-3 h20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
4-122-101-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsWardley Map, Strategic Options, Evolution NotesBehavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events
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StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
StrategySystems thinkingDynamics
Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics
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Paper illustration of System Archetypes with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
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Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
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Iceberg Model method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
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