Coherent and meaningful combinations of drivers
• Are defined by the few critical
dimensions along which scenarios differ
significantly
• Are shaped by multiple forces:
technology, regulation, economy,
environment, etc
• Are feasible, coherent and complete
characterizations of the future
• Bound the realm of future possibility
• Draw attention to possibilities that may
otherwise not have been taken seriously
• Enable a group of stakeholders to have a
shared understanding and vocabulary
for talking about the future
…are the basis of plausible futures