Onlyif andwhenboundary uncertainty has been solved and thereby decision-makers have
gained a sound grasp of the main components of their industry, firms might start using
foresight techniques like scenarios or roadmaps. The full identification of the boundaries of
the business serves exactly to fix the key issues for future growth, which is in turn a
conditionsine qua nonfor strategic planning: the former head of scenario planning of Shell
emphasized as well: