Impact NegotiationsToolkit
Parties & Issues Scoping

Parties & Issues Scoping

Add parties or issues for increased impact potential

Satisfy everyone's true interests

Use Case: Create value and expand the pie


Purpose

Expand the pie of potential value by engaging additional parties that increase available resources and capabilities, and by negotiating additional issues with associated value-creation opportunities.

When to Use

Usually in the early stages of negotiations (especially those with higher stakes, such as jobs, joint ventures, partnerships, government to government, multilateral, etc.), before starting to discuss interests.