Plan and model scenarios
Tools that help you plan and model scenarios.
13 tools
- Scenario Planning — Builds a few plausible futures around key uncertainties
- Competitive Scenario Planning — War-games how rivals move within each scenario
- Strategic Scenario Planning — Stress-tests strategy against future shocks
- PEST and PESTEL Analysis — Names the macro forces to build scenarios around
- Early Warning Scans — Feeds scenarios with weak signals before they're obvious
- Decision Trees — Maps branching choices and probabilities to compare paths
- Game Theory — Models outcomes when payoff depends on rivals' choices
- Futures Wheel — Traces knock-on consequences radiating from each scenario
- Backcasting — Works back from a chosen future to today's decisions
- Future Back Thinking — Starts planning from the desired future, not today
- Contingency Planning — Decides the response for each scenario before it happens
- Financial Modeling Software — Models the financial impact of each scenario tested
- Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM) — Scores strategic options quantitatively across scenarios