Scenario Planning: From What-If to What’s Next

What happens to your plan when the assumptions it was built on suddenly change?

Portfolio planning consists of three key stages: alignment and prioritization, capacity planning, and scenario planning. However, most organizations stop at the first stage, creating a gap between where they are and where they need to be. AI powered scenario planning helps close that gap by turning assumptions into informed decisions.

AI makes scenario planning accessible and practical by bringing together clearly defined criteria, current data, and purposeful outcomes. With live portfolio data and guided prompts, teams can build and compare scenarios in minutes – making faster, more confident choices.

In this session, Erik Peterson, Sr. Product Manager at Planview, and Marcus Klein, GVP, Product Management at Planview, will discuss how to move beyond alignment and prioritization by using scenario planning to test assumptions, assess trade-offs, and prepare for change.

By the end of this session, you will:

• Understand why prioritization and alignment alone are not enough to succeed
• See how to use scenario planning to focus on outcomes and set yourself up for change
• Learn how AI makes scenario planning accessible to everyone
• Overcoming obstacles for effective scenario planning
• Know how to analyze, compare, and choose scenarios

Change is inevitable; scenario planning ensures you’re ready for it.