Building on state-of-the-art techniques for forecasting future developments in technology, business, economics, and other areas of human endeavor, we describe a novel methodology for adaptive contingency planning at the strategic initiative level. Complementing normal business planning that uses a schedule based on predictions tied to dates in the future, we use a new kind of early warning signal called a signpost to trigger the execution of corresponding new recommended actions.
Citation:
Ray Strong, Joseph Ryan, Doug McDavid, Ying Leung, Ruoyi Zhou, Eric Strauss, John Bosma, Tony Sabbadini, David Jarvis, Sonia Sachs, Peter Bishop, Cody Clark, "A New Way to Plan for the Future," hicss, pp.230b, 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'07), 2007