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Business Strategy
VMGS
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
VMGS arranges vision, mission, goals, and strategies into a clear guiding logic. Direction, purpose, and priorities are connected so teams can decide more coherently.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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
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Timedifferent
2-4 h0.5-2 Tage60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-124-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Vision Statement, Mission Statement, Goals, StrategiesScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
VisionGoalsStrategy
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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