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future_fabulators:scenario_methods [2014-02-13 06:12] majafuture_fabulators:scenario_methods [2014-02-14 07:29] maja
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-==== Scenario Methods ====+===== Scenario Methods =====
  
-This page is an evolving, non-exhaustive collection of different steps that can be used in scenario building, different methods that we (could) use and links to interesting people/project using scenarios in their work.+This page is an evolving, non-exhaustive collection of different steps that can be used in scenario building, different methods that we (could) use and links to interesting people/project using scenarios in their work. If you're interested in trying out a scenario workshop yourself, FoAM has put together a [[prehearsal pocket guide]], that begins with a scenario building exercise (based on the method by Peter Schwartz in The Art of the Long View). Another overview of the whole process can be found in [[http://www.wired.com/wired/scenarios/build.html|How to Build Scenarios]] by Lawrence Wilkinson. An interesting [[http://www.openthefuture.com/2012/08/ten_rules_for_creating_awful_s.html| Ten Rules for Creating Awful Scenarios]], is a good checklist of what NOT to do in scenario building.An in depth overview of [[http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/fhz95g00/pdf;jsessionid=D034F49912B794C5CCE293059B4BA299.tobacco03|How Companies Use Scenarios]] was written by Mandel and Wilson.
  
  
-=== Preparation beforehand ===+ 
 +==== Preparation beforehand ====
  
 //What can we/participants prepare for a scenario workshop beforehand?// //What can we/participants prepare for a scenario workshop beforehand?//
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   * ...   * ...
  
-=== Key question ===+==== Key question ====
  
 //How to craft good questions?// //How to craft good questions?//
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-=== Plotting the present situation ===+==== Plotting the present situation ====
  
 //What are different ways to map-out the present situation surrounding the key question?// //What are different ways to map-out the present situation surrounding the key question?//
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   * on the other hand, in more open-ended workshops (say in the beginning of projects) talking about what's fixed created some discomfort (or perhaps it was just unclear what we meant by fixed)   * on the other hand, in more open-ended workshops (say in the beginning of projects) talking about what's fixed created some discomfort (or perhaps it was just unclear what we meant by fixed)
  
-=== Key factors ===+==== Key factors ====
  
 //What are different ways to visualise and cluster the relationships between key factors// //What are different ways to visualise and cluster the relationships between key factors//
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   * success criteria (what will make my question succeed or fail)   * success criteria (what will make my question succeed or fail)
  
-=== Change Drivers ===+==== Change Drivers ====
  
   * how much analysis is appropriate for the types of scenarios and prehearsals we’re making?   * how much analysis is appropriate for the types of scenarios and prehearsals we’re making?
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   * how effective are these methods and how can we usefully evalute them?   * how effective are these methods and how can we usefully evalute them?
  
-=== Ranking critical uncertainties ===+==== Ranking critical uncertainties ====
  
   * what are different ways in which this is done by others?   * what are different ways in which this is done by others?
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   * [[http://www.swemorph.com/ma.html|Morphological Analysis]] could be a great way to work with a large number of clustered drivers, that can be combined in different ways to select a smaller set of important and/or quickly create basic scenario skeletons. The foodprints ruler from FoAM Nordica works on a similar principle.   * [[http://www.swemorph.com/ma.html|Morphological Analysis]] could be a great way to work with a large number of clustered drivers, that can be combined in different ways to select a smaller set of important and/or quickly create basic scenario skeletons. The foodprints ruler from FoAM Nordica works on a similar principle.
  
-=== Scenarios ===+==== Scenarios ====
  
 //When to use one, two, three or more axes// //When to use one, two, three or more axes//
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-=== From scenarios to story-worlds ===+==== From scenarios to story-worlds ====
  
   * what techniques can we use to flesh out the scenarios into interesting stories   * what techniques can we use to flesh out the scenarios into interesting stories
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   * how to create rich characters and meaningful plots?   * how to create rich characters and meaningful plots?
  
-=== Retrocasting ===+==== Retrocasting ===
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 +"The best kinds of stories are about how you get from here to there, not just what there looks like." --Jamais Cascio
  
 Searching for present signals, asking the question "how to get from here to there". Aka Backcasting [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backcasting|Backcasting]]: Searching for present signals, asking the question "how to get from here to there". Aka Backcasting [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backcasting|Backcasting]]:
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   * what are important things to focus on?   * what are important things to focus on?
  
-=== Visualising ===+==== Visualising ====
  
   * which methods could we use to visualise possible futures?   * which methods could we use to visualise possible futures?
  
-=== Prototyping ===+==== Prototyping ====
  
   * which methods could we use to prototype possible futures?   * which methods could we use to prototype possible futures?
  
-=== Prehearsals ===+==== Prehearsals ====
  
   * how to design them?   * how to design them?
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   * how to evaluate them?   * how to evaluate them?
  
-=== Follow-up ===+==== Follow-up ====
  
   * How can we follow-up what happens to the groups after we finish the workshops (especially to understand what happens to commitments to actions and preferred possible futures)?   * How can we follow-up what happens to the groups after we finish the workshops (especially to understand what happens to commitments to actions and preferred possible futures)?
   * How much do we need to be involved in the follow-up?   * How much do we need to be involved in the follow-up?
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