Assumption-Based Planning: A Tool for Reducing Avoidable Surprises (RAND Studies in Policy Analysis)

At the third level of interest, a planner would be applying ABP and running into practical problems.

At the second level of interest, a planner might wish to apply ABP but would need to know more about it. Chapters 2 through 7

Assumption-Based Planning is a planning tool that is primarily useful for improving the robustness and adaptability of existing plans.

is also useful as a part of any planning methodology-a topic taken up in Chapter 9.

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At the first level of interest, a planner might wonder whether ABP would be useful for a particular planning problem.

The second intended audience is practicing planners, who, I realize, are more interested in just the "how" of planning. The book is set up to address three levels of potential interest on the part of practicing planners.