Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

• Understand strategic planning and the role of scenario planning in the strategic planning process. • Facilitate a scenario planning project. • Select an appropriate focal question for a scenario planning project • Explain uncertainties; understand how to identify and prioritize them, and how to place into a strategic planning context. • Write a scenario planning narrative, along with “people” profiles for each scenario. • Track trends related to future business outcomes. • Identify implications for businesses developing and using scenarios. • Identify thought leadership topics for a business or market • Read and contribute to the development of a forecast map • Manage stakeholders and project team member expectations and activities in order to drive effective project outcomes.