{"id":63584,"date":"2022-11-23T15:30:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T14:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/faq\/quelles-sont-les-grandes-etapes-dune-demarche-prospective\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T14:58:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:58:57","slug":"quelles-sont-les-grandes-etapes-dune-demarche-prospective","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/en\/faq\/quelles-sont-les-grandes-etapes-dune-demarche-prospective\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the Major Stages in a Foresight Exercise?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='post-container'><div class=\"text-and-media-component blocs-spaces\">\n  <div class=\"gs-container\">\n    <div class=\"gs-row @lg:u-flex-row u-flex-column-reverse\">\n      <div class=\"@lg:gs-column-6\">\n        <h2 class=\"t-header-large c-near-black u-margin-b-4\"><\/h2>\n        <div>\n          <p>There is no <strong>standardized foresight process<\/strong>. Nevertheless, various different methods have been formalized. They all fit into a methodological framework that is shared generally by the various professionals in foresight.<\/p>\n<p>To put it in a highly simplified way, foresight exercises cover <strong>three major dimensions\/functions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understanding ongoing developments and anticipating what may eventuate.<\/li>\n<li>Creating a space for sharing, dialogue and discussion on possible futures.<\/li>\n<li>Doing the groundwork for action to cope with long-term challenges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They take the form of more or less participatory <strong>work processes<\/strong> in which the aim is to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Define the decision(s) <\/strong>to clarify and the relevant field of foresight study.<\/li>\n<li>Identify the main <strong>factors of change<\/strong> (internal or external to the field in question) and study their dynamics and interactions.<\/li>\n<li>Construct <strong>summary formats <\/strong>that formulate key messages about the future (major trends, scenarios, etc.).<\/li>\n<li>Examine the strategic <strong>questions<\/strong> prompted by the developments analysed.<\/li>\n<li>Foster the <strong>emergence of more or less highly developed responses <\/strong>to these strategic investigations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are formalized methods and more or less integrated tools suitable for use in all or part of this work process.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/en\/la-prospective\/methodes-et-outils\/la-toolbox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See Further<\/a><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"@lg:gs-flush-column-5 @lg:gs-push-1 @lg:u-margin-b-0 u-margin-b-4\">\n                  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"815\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FAQ-e1676371240551-815x557.png\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FAQ-e1676371240551-815x557.png 815w, https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FAQ-e1676371240551-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FAQ-e1676371240551-768x525.png 768w, https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FAQ-e1676371240551-320x219.png 320w, https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FAQ-e1676371240551-200x137.png 200w, https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FAQ-e1676371240551-540x369.png 540w, https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FAQ-e1676371240551-732x500.png 732w, https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FAQ-e1676371240551-700x478.png 700w, https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FAQ-e1676371240551-650x444.png 650w, https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FAQ-e1676371240551.png 941w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-63584","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/63584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}