Debate Over Alternate Scenarios Replaces Forecasts At Shell U.K.
Management begins the forecast process with the selection of the 3 (or whatever the number management deems appropriate) most likely scenarios which prompts analytical discussions from there.
From Issue:
Spring 1984
(Spring 1984)
IBF Journal Article by Peter W. Beck, originally published in Spring 1984

Debate Over Alternate Scenarios Replaces Forecasts At Shell U.K.