Futures Literacy Capability Checklist
Score six futures-literacy capabilities and build a checklist against a caller-supplied completion threshold.
Description
Futures literacy spans several capabilities rather than a single forecast skill.
Futures literacy spans several capabilities rather than a single forecast skill. A declared rating scale makes this checklist transparent.1
The returned values include Capability checklist, Completion percent, Capabilities to develop, Threshold met. The How section below explains the calculation, input rules and interpretation.
When to use Futures Literacy Capability Checklist
Use Futures Literacy Capability Checklist when you need to evaluate the supplied records under the calculation and evidence rules below. No validated competency assessment or prediction accuracy follows.
Define the question, evidence and scenario assumptions first. Supply the chosen score scales, time horizons or reference selection explicitly. Interpret generated text as a discussion template and screen labels as the stated rules.
How to use Futures Literacy Capability Checklist and understand its results
- Define the question, evidence and scenario assumptions first. Supply the chosen score scales, time horizons or reference selection explicitly. Interpret generated text as a discussion template and screen labels as the stated rules.
- Enter capabilityRatings, minimumCompletionPercent using the field table and calculation rules, then run the tool.
- Read capabilityChecklist, completionPercent, nextCapabilities, ready. The explanation below defines the units, signs, ordering and any flags or placeholder values.
- If the tool reports an input issue, correct the values and run it again. Apply the stated assumptions when interpreting a successfully returned result.
| Input field | Meaning | Value type; see rules below | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| capabilityRatings | Six integers from 0 through 3 in canonical capability order. | list of number; default when omitted: [0,0,0,0,0,0] | Optional |
| minimumCompletionPercent | Minimum completion percent (%) | number; minimum: 0; maximum: 100 | Required |
Use exactly six safe-integer ratings 0–3 in canonical order; omitted list defaults six zeros. Compare completion≥caller threshold 0–100. Return checklist, all below 3 capabilities and inclusive ready flag. The canonical IDs are listed below. Rating order is scenarioFraming, uncertaintyReasoning, evidenceAssessment, systemsThinking, strategicResponse, communication.
completion=100×sum(six ratings)/18 Units, indexing, boundary conditions and exceptional cases are defined in the calculation rules above.
| Output field | Meaning | Value type |
|---|---|---|
| capabilityChecklist | Capability checklist | list of string |
| completionPercent | Completion percent (%) | number; minimum: 0; maximum: 100 |
| nextCapabilities | Capabilities to develop | list of string |
| ready | Threshold met | boolean |
{
"input": {
"capabilityRatings": [
3,
3,
2,
2,
2,
1
],
"minimumCompletionPercent": 75
},
"output": {
"capabilityChecklist": [
"scenarioFraming: 3/3",
"uncertaintyReasoning: 3/3",
"evidenceAssessment: 2/3",
"systemsThinking: 2/3",
"strategicResponse: 2/3",
"communication: 1/3"
],
"completionPercent": 72.22222222222221,
"nextCapabilities": [
"evidenceAssessment",
"systemsThinking",
"strategicResponse",
"communication"
],
"ready": false
}
}Limitations and assumptions
No validated competency assessment or prediction accuracy follows.
Numeric inputs, where present, must be finite. Follow the calculation-specific rules for overflow, underflow and exceptional cases. Core numeric and string lists are limited to 100,000 entries; text entries are subject to the general large-text limit. Follow any smaller calculation limits above. Missing fields without a declared default, extra fields, wrong value types and violations of the calculation rules are input errors. A successfully returned false flag is an evaluated outcome; its meaning is explained above.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use STEEPLED Category Scanning Checklist: STEEPLED expands horizon scanning across social, technological, economic, environmental, political, legal, ethical and demographic categories. Coverage supports breadth rather than truth of findings. For a complementary task, use Six Pillars Futures Thinking Methods Map: Six-pillar mapping checks that activities have been assigned to each of six supplied pillars. The caller provides the pillar vocabulary.
References
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Futures Literacy Capability Checklist — tool.io
Similar or alternative tools
- STEEPLED Category Scanning Checklist
STEEPLED expands horizon scanning across social, technological, economic, environmental, political, legal, ethical and demographic categories. Coverage supports breadth rather than truth of findings.
- Six Pillars Futures Thinking Methods Map
Six-pillar mapping checks that activities have been assigned to each of six supplied pillars. The caller provides the pillar vocabulary.