Scenarios

Scenarios
Plural [scenarios] or Singular [scenario]. Scenarios are an "imagined sequence of events". They provide views from different angles and allow the observer to shift their points of perspective.The word scenario comes from it's root word: "Scene". A scene is a defined area in which an event, situation, incident or simply any activity occurs. A single scene is: a part or a division of a larger picture; therefore a series of scenes create a whole picture. In photography, scenes can be altered or controlled by the way the image is cropped.

Scenarios can be understood by categorizing them in two distinct ways. //The First Type// of scenario is: pre-prepared/controlled, expected and wanted. This type of a scenario usually occurs in Theatre, and in the Fine Arts, where a 'scene' or a 'picture' is staged ahead of time and rehearsed. It is socially accepted and is generally based on past trends or events - therefore such scenarios are not surprising or unimaginable.

//The Second Type// of scenario is: an effect of circumstances (real life), therefore it is not rehearsed or prepared for and therefore have the probability of not being wanted/desired. In public and social places, one may: "cause a scene" by an outburst of emotion. It is spontaneous or triggered and usually deemed unwanted due to its irregularity in the flow of events.

In decision making, people often determine "the worst case scenario", which occurs out of human control, and the way things are meant to happen in our desired outcomes. Such scenarios can be pictured ahead of time in order to evaluate risks and losses which may incur. In order to best prepared for irregularities in business enterprises, "Scenario Planning" is utilized. Scenario planning is a discipline utilized by businesses such as The Global Business Network and Shell. Scenario planning allows a discussion of "accelerated change, greater complexity and genuine uncertainty" which occur in daily business. One may use this term is the following manner to ask: "What is the worst-case Scenario?" to evaluate risks.

References: 1. "Scenarios" __Dictionary.com__ 13 Sept. 2007 2. "Scene" __Dictionary.com__ 13 Sept. 2007 3. "What are Scenarios" __Shell Worldwide__ 13 Sept. 2007 &lt;[|http://www.shell.com/home/content/aboutshell-en/our_strategy/shell_global_scenarios/what_are_scenarios/what_are_scenarios_30102006.html&gt;] 4. "Scenarios" __GBN: Global Business Network__ 13 Sept. 2007 Signal-to-Noise