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Futures Foresight Studies

35 methods
29 method families

MOST CONNECTED IN FUTURES FORESIGHT STUDIES

Intuitive Logics Scenario Planning
13 connections in this field
Emerging Issues Analysis
9 connections in this field
Environmental Scanning for Foresight
9 connections in this field
Trend Impact Analysis
9 connections in this field
Three Horizons Framework
8 connections in this field
Causal Layered Analysis
7 connections in this field
Cross-Impact Balance Analysis
7 connections in this field
Manoa Alternative Futures Method
7 connections in this field
La Prospective Morphological Scenarios
6 connections in this field
Cone of Plausibility
5 connections in this field

Showing 35 of 35 methods

Futures studies / French prospective school4 methods
La Prospective Morphological ScenariosMACTOR Actor Strategy AnalysisMICMAC Structural AnalysisSMIC Prob-Expert
Futures & foresight / scenario methods2 methods
Cone of PlausibilitySeven Questions Scenario Method
Futures studies / quantitative forecasting2 methods
Cross-Impact Matrix MethodTrend Impact Analysis
Futures studies / scenario planning2 methods
Intuitive Logics Scenario PlanningScenario Axes Method
Cross-impact / systematic scenario analysis1 method
Cross-Impact Balance Analysis
Design fiction / experiential futures1 method
Science Fiction Prototyping
Futures & foresight / cultural and interpretive futures1 method
Image of the Future Analysis
Futures & foresight / environmental scanning frameworks1 method
VERGE Futures Framework
Futures & foresight / normative forecasting1 method
Relevance Tree Analysis
Futures & foresight / qualitative field methods1 method
Ethnographic Futures Research
Futures & foresight / quantitative trend extrapolation1 method
Gompertz Substitution Forecasting
Futures & foresight / structured expert judgment1 method
Delphi Technology Forecasting
Futures studies / critical foresight1 method
Causal Layered Analysis
Futures studies / expert judgment and survey methodology1 method
Real-Time Delphi
Futures studies / horizon scanning1 method
STEEP Structured Scanning
Futures studies / normative scenario methods1 method
Normative Scenario Backcasting
Futures studies / problem structuring1 method
General Morphological Analysis
Futures studies / qualitative ideation1 method
Futures Wheel
Futures studies / risk and resilience foresight1 method
Wild Card Analysis
Futures studies / scenario construction1 method
Field Anomaly Relaxation
Futures studies / strategic environmental scanning1 method
PESTEL Macro-Environmental Scanning
Futures studies / strategic foresight1 method
Environmental Scanning for Foresight
Futures studies / transformation framework1 method
Three Horizons Framework
Horizon scanning / weak-signal analysis1 method
Emerging Issues Analysis
Normative / participatory futures (visioning, backcasting)1 method
Visioning Preferred Futures Workshop
Scenario / alternative futures (Manoa School)1 method
Manoa Alternative Futures Method
Scenario development (archetype / deductive)1 method
Dator's Four Futures Archetypes
Strategic foresight / strategic-issue management1 method
Weak Signal Analysis
Trend extrapolation / substitution curves1 method
Fisher-Pry Substitution Model

FIELD AT A GLANCE

Methods35
Method families29
Connected methods10+

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