Combining program logic with scenario networks

Abstract

This paper acts as a kind of matchmaker, introducing to each other two methods of planning (using the term broadly) that have previously been unacquainted with each other: program logic and scenario planning. Because each method has strengths that complement the weaknesses of the other, combining them may solve some recurring problems. Unlike program theory, the combined method (which I label scenario mapping) is designed to deal with conflicting goals and multiple stakeholders; and unlike scenario planning, scenario mapping can produce a set of traceable and scaleable possibilities. May the match be a fruitful union!