Strategic Planning

Scenario Planning Starter Tool for Health Care Strategists

Scenario planning helps hospitals and health systems explore multiple plausible futures, not predictions but structured “what if” stories. This starter tool walks teams through a simple four-step process to scan trends, build contrasting scenarios, and identify strategies that hold up across uncertainty.

Resource details

DomainStrategic Planning
Content typeTool
FormatPDF
AccessMembers only
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Scan the environment (PESTLEH)

Capture key drivers of change across Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, Environmental, and Health factors.

Build 3 to 4 contrasting futures

Draft preferred, undesired, standard, and wildcard scenarios to test assumptions and expand strategic thinking.

Backcast to resilient actions

Work backward from each scenario to identify decisions, strengths, partnerships, and early warning signals to monitor.