Any number of situations can readily justify the use of scenario planning to explore alternative outcomes so that an organization can define the most flexible strategies and pragmatic solution. The key is to frame the exercise to try to answer questions such as those in the preceding lists. The outcome of a scenario planning exercise called”what could we do about this problem we are facing?” will yield much more practical insights than one called “The future: Aren’t you just dying to know what it will be like”
Another important aspect of framing the problem to be explored is to define the time horizon.Be sure to choose a time scale in which the strategic solutions and plans you develop can fully be implemented and show results
It might also be useful to define the stakeholders involved, both in the challenge and in the solution. They may or may not be participants in the process,but you wil be able to frame the challenge more comprehensively if you clearly understand their stake in it.