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'''Assumption-based planning''' in [[project management]] is a post-planning method that helps companies to deal with uncertainty. It is used to identify the most important assumptions in a company’s [[business plan]]s, to test these assumptions, and to accommodate to unexpected outcomes.

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* [[Critical assumption planning]] (CAP) by D. Dunham & Co.

* Assumption-based planning by [[RAND]] : raises the visibility of make-or-break uncertainties common to new ventures by forcing managers to admit what they don’t know.

* Discovery-Driven Planning by [[Rita Gunther McGrath]] and Ian C. MacMillan.<ref>McGrath, R. G. & MacMillan, I. C. 1995. Discovery Driven Planning. Harvard Business Review, 73(4): 44-54. </ref><ref>McGrath, R. G. & MacMillan, I. C. 2009. Discovery Driven Growth: A Breakthrough Process to Reduce Risk and Seize Opportunity. Boston: Harvard Business Publishing</ref>

== Position in business planning process ==

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== Process of assumption-based planning==