Answer: SCENARIO BUILDING.
Explanation: Best definition of scenario building is "looking at trends and discontinuities and imagining possible alternative future to build a framework within which unexpected future events can be managed".
It involves evaluation and analysis of current trends and description of possible future situations.
According to Overland, Indra (2019-03-01) one challenge of scenario building is "predictors are part of the social context about which they are trying to make a prediction and may influence that context in the process".