Futures techniques

problem-solving technique that breaks down a system into its component pieces

structured forecasting and consensus method

a strategic planning method that some organizations use to make flexible long-term plan for decision makers

Backcasting is a planning method that starts with defining a desirable future and then works backwards to identify policies and programs that will connect that specified future to the present. The fundamentals of the method were outlined by John B. Robinson from the University of Waterloo in 1990. The fundamental question of backcasting asks: "if we want to attain a certain goal, what actions must be taken to get there?"

attempts to spot a pattern from information

Technique used in strategic planning and futurology

marketing term

problem-solving technique used commonly in artificial intelligence for limiting search in AI programs