Proposal of a method to assist consulting

Abstract

The authors outline the elements of a full support process for the development of collective projects. They place themselves in a context wherein those involved have multiple and interdependent objectives, their fields of intervention and of competence are interlinked, the overall necessity is to establish resources controlled by others and the criteria of a good decision are unclear and external to the deciding powers (sustainable development). The method of the scenarios and prospective analysis are used to express, construct and compare each party's point of view. To do so, modelling (graphs, maps, etc.) is used to highlight the relationships perceived by each party between the objects, between the implications of these objects, and between those concerned by what is at stake (the objects).