Journal of Systems Thinking · Volume 3, Issue 1 · 2023-10-30

Strategic Assumption Surfacing and Testing (SAST)

Vince Barabba, Ian Mitroff

https://doi.org/10.54120/jost.0000016

Abstract

This chapter describes a particular method—Strategic Assumption Surfacing and Testing or SAST--for surfacing and critiquing the critical assumptions that underlie all important actions and decisions. It not only describes it via several examples, but outlines the conditions necessary for its successful use.

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