7th Visual Strategy Network meeting, 29th November

[Rob Phaal]

I'm pleased to announce the next VSN meeting, which will be held in
Cambridge on Tuesday 29th November. Please contact me directly if you
wish to attend (rp...@cam.ac.uk):

Theme: Uncertainty and risk in strategy development

Date: Tuesday 29th November 2011

Location:
Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge
17 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK
(www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/service/maps)

Summary: In drawing up strategy, the discussion and handling of future
uncertainty and its resulting risks is often not given explicit
attention, even though these are fundamental challenges of planning
for the future. This meeting will explore uncertainty and risk aspects
in application of roadmapping to develop business/innovation strategy
– what are the steps we can take and what visual elements can we apply
in creating our roadmaps to effectively communicate risk issues?

Agenda:
10:00 Arrival / coffee
10:30 Welcome and introductions
10:45 Presentations and discussion:
- Visual representations of uncertainty and risk in
roadmaps
Rob Phaal, IfM, University of Cambridge
- A framework for treating uncertainty and risk in
roadmapping
Imoh Ilevbare, IfM, University of Cambridge
12:00 Group activity: Exploring the framework for treating
uncertainty and risk in roadmapping
13:00 Lunch
13:30 Feedback & discussion
14:15 Review – VSN future directions
14:30 Meeting close & networking (refreshments available)
15:30 Venue closes

To attend, please contact:
Rob Phaal, University of Cambridge
Email: rp...@cam.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1223 765824