Trajectory

Trajectory is a method of monitoring and forecasting the likely future trajectory of a company or companies.

Uses of the method

Comparative investment appraisal
Evaluation of rivals' strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
Organizational assessment of capabilities

Benefits

Systematic method for tracking the past, current and future performance of companies
Alerting of changes in a company's capabilities

Disadvantages

Requires much background research to be effective

Steps to complete

Select the year you wish to rate
Rate the indicators for that year
Make any observations related to the year in Forum
Save your results and repeat for more years as necessary
Add more companies as required
Review your results by clicking Average or Show Results
Repeat this each time a significant piece of new evidence arises to alter your ratings or re-visit periodically to suit your strategic aims

Collaboration
'Trajectory' can be shared with others or kept private using the 'Visible to' fields and through the 'tag', 'report', 'share'', 'link and 'comment' functionality. Use 'tag' and/or 'report' to aggregate your analyzes, 'share' with others via email, Facebook and Twitter etc. or add a 'comment' to ask others where they agree/disagree and encourage them to make their own analysis from their unique vantage point.

Contact us
Even with all the advice and tools we have provided here starting a foresight project from scratch can be a daunting prospect to a beginner. Let us know if you need help with this method or want a group facilitation exercise or full project or program carrying out by us. We promise to leave behind more internal knowledgeable people who can expand your initiative for better organizational performance.

Are there other enhancements or new methods you would like to see here? Let us know and we will do our best to respond with a solution quickly.

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Trajectory

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