| name | morphological-scenario |
| description | What are all possible combinations? — Zwicky Box construction with CCA consistency filtering for systematic scenario enumeration |
| version | 1.0.0 |
| category | experiment-execution |
| type | strategy |
| sops | ["scenario-driver-identification","parameter-enumeration","consistency-pair-evaluation","scenario-narrative-construction","scenario-impact-assessment","robustness-scoring","scenario-synthesis"] |
| tactics | ["parameter-space-construction","cross-consistency-filtering","strategy-robustness-testing"] |
| dependencies | {"sops":["experiment-execution-consistency-pair-evaluation","parameter-enumeration","robustness-scoring","scenario-driver-identification","scenario-impact-assessment","scenario-narrative-construction","scenario-synthesis"],"tactics":["cross-consistency-filtering","parameter-space-construction","strategy-robustness-testing"]} |
Strategy: Morphological Scenario
Methodology
General Morphological Analysis (Zwicky) combined with Cross-Consistency Assessment (Ritchey). Systematically enumerate all possible combinations of key uncertainty parameters, filter for internal consistency, and assess surviving configurations as plausible scenarios.
Key principles:
- Completeness: Every relevant parameter dimension is included
- MECE values: Each parameter has mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive values
- Pairwise consistency: Filter via CCA matrix before narrative construction
- Combinatorial discipline: Let the morphological field drive discovery, not intuition
Execution Flow
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Identify drivers → spawn scenario-driver-identification
- Input: research context, planning horizon
- Output: 5-8 key uncertainty drivers
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Enumerate parameters → spawn parameter-enumeration
- Input: driver list
- Output: Zwicky Box (parameter × value matrix)
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Consistency filtering → spawn consistency-pair-evaluation
- Input: Zwicky Box
- Output: CCA matrix, surviving configurations
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Narrative construction → spawn scenario-narrative-construction (per surviving config)
- Input: parameter configuration
- Output: scenario narrative
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Impact assessment → spawn scenario-impact-assessment (per scenario)
- Input: scenario narrative, research approach
- Output: impact analysis
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Robustness scoring → spawn robustness-scoring
- Input: all impact assessments
- Output: robustness index
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Synthesis → spawn scenario-synthesis
- Input: all scenarios, robustness scores
- Output: final scenario portfolio report
Budget Gate