About This Book
Assumption-Based Planning (2002) offers a different way to think about strategy. Instead of trying to predict what the future holds, it gives you a method for finding the weak points in any plan – the silent beliefs that, if they turn out to be wrong, bring everything down. You'll walk away with practical tools for stress-testing your goals and making them sturdy enough to survive surprise.
Who Should Read This?
- Project managers who want to catch risks before they become problems
- Entrepreneurs operating in unpredictable markets
- Corporate strategists who need plans that can take a hit and keep standing
About the Author
James A. Dewar is the Director of the RAND Frederick S. Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy and the Future Human Condition. He spent years at RAND as a senior mathematician and analyst, where he developed the “Assumption-Based Planning” methodology. The Military Operations Research Society has recognized his work with a prize-winning paper award.
