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Scenario planning — [or scenario thinking or scenario analysis] 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… …   Wikipedia

Scenario analysis — is a process of analyzing possible future events by considering alternative possible outcomes (scenarios). The analysis is designed to allow improved decision making by allowing more complete consideration of outcomes and their implications.For… …   Wikipedia

Alternative fuel vehicle — refers to a vehicle that runs on a fuel other than traditional gasoline or diesel; any method of powering an engine that does not involve solely petroleum (e.g. electric car, gasoline electric hybrid, solar powered). Due to a combination of heavy …   Wikipedia

Scenario (disambiguation) — Scenario may refer to: * Scenario, a brief description of an event * Screenplay, in movies * Scenario (computing), a typical interaction between the user and the system or between two software components * Scenario analysis, a process of… …   Wikipedia

Alternative theories of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 — suggest that Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, a Libyan agent who was convicted on 270 counts of murder for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, may actually be innocent. At the end of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial an international observer… …   Wikipedia

Alternative 3 — is a television programme, broadcast once only in the United Kingdom in 1977, and later broadcast in New Zealand, as a fictional hoax, an heir to Orson Welles radio production of The War of the Worlds . Purporting to be an investigation into… …   Wikipedia

scenario — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ likely, plausible, possible, realistic ▪ The more likely scenario is that interest rates will rise. ▪ unlikely ▪ common …   Collocations dictionary

scenario planning — Gen Mgt a technique that requires the use of a scenario in the process of strategic planning to aid the development of corporate strategy in the face of uncertainty about the future. Scenario planning was developed in a military context during… …   The ultimate business dictionary

alternative — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ attractive, effective, good, radical ▪ acceptable, reasonable, suitable ▪ available …   Collocations dictionary

scenario */ — UK [səˈnɑːrɪəʊ] / US [səˈnerɪˌoʊ] noun [countable] Word forms scenario : singular scenario plural scenarios 1) a situation that could possibly happen The most likely scenario is that Brooks will resign. I am trying to think of all the possible… …   English dictionary

scenario planning — An assessment of the outcomes of various courses of action in a range of potential settings or circumstances. Scenario planning is a means of assessing alternative actions in decision making processes, organizational *planning, and *risk… …   Auditor's dictionary