Scenario Planning (Military) (Strategy, Management):

Scenario planning or scenario thinking is a strategic
planning method that some organizations use to make
flexible long-term plans. It is in large part an
adaptation and generalization of classic methods used
by military intelligence.

The basic method is that a group of analysts generate
simulation games for policy makers. The games combine
known facts about the future, such as demographics,
geography, military, political, industrial
information, and mineral reserves, with plausible
alternative social, technical, economic,
environmental, educational, political and aesthetic
(STEEEPA) trends which are key driving forces.

Scenario planning can include systems thinking
elements that are difficult to formalize, such as
subjective interpretations of facts, shifts in values,
new regulations or inventions. When scenario planning

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