Scanning
Origin: Engl. Scanner, lat. exploratĭo, -ōnis
Observing changes in the environment (or parts of the environment) by monitoring information sources. The monitoring of new tendencies, events and proposals in order to update the vision that already exists about the future and in order to adjust concepts according to recent developments. Scanning can be focused on a topic (e.g. cancer breakthroughs), or an issue, or on an open horizon in search of an issue or trend that is emerging. Increasingly scanning is done on the internet, through aggregating services, or networks.
Spanish: Escaneo, exploración
Sources and references
- Institute for Alternartive Futures “Wiser Futures Workshop Compendium: Using futures tools to better understand and create the future”cited 31 times
- Kendon, A. “ Conducting Interaction: Patterns of Behavior in Focused Encounters”view
- Árcade Jacques, Michel Godet, Francis Meunier and Frabrice Roubelat, “Análisis estructural con el Método Micmac y Estrategia de los Actores con el Método Mactor”view
- Godet, Michel. “A Tool-Box for scenario planning”, Futures Research Methodology V.3 The Millennium Projectcited 17 times
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