> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://stratengineai.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Run Three Horizons in StratEngine

> Run Three Horizons in StratEngine to balance your core business, emerging opportunities and long-term bets in one plan. Needs Professional.

Three Horizons in StratEngine maps your initiatives across three time frames: defending and extending the core business, building the opportunities that drive the next stage of growth, and placing longer-term bets. It helps you decide how to split attention and resources between today and the future. You need the Professional plan or higher, or a pay-as-you-go account.

<Note>
  Three Horizons is included in the Professional plan and higher, and pay-as-you-go accounts can run it too. It carries the **Advanced** badge. On Free and Essential, its card shows **Upgrade** instead of **Select**. See [Strategy plans](/docs/strategy/billing/plans).
</Note>

## When to use it

* The core business takes all your attention and new initiatives keep getting squeezed out.
* You're planning an innovation budget and need to balance near-term and long-term spending.
* You see a disruption coming and want a plan that protects the core while you prepare.

## What you get

The result opens on the **Components** tab. **Framework Summary** gives an **Executive Summary**, and **Sources** lists what the analysis cited.

Under **Framework Details**, you get one section for each part of the framework:

* **Horizon 1 Core Business**
* **Horizon 2 Emerging Opportunities**
* **Horizon 3 Transformational Bets**

Standard and Deep runs also fill the **Momentum** tab (trends affecting the company), which means Essential and higher plans, or pay-as-you-go at Standard or Deep. Deep runs add the **Assumptions** tab (what the analysis depends on, by risk), which means Professional, or pay-as-you-go at Deep. See [Work with framework results](/docs/strategy/framework-results) and [Analysis depth](/docs/strategy/analysis-depth).

## Run it

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Generate Framework">
    In the side menu, under **Quick Frameworks**, click **Generate Framework**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select Three Horizons">
    Under **Select Framework**, find **Three Horizons** in the **Market & Product Strategy** group and click **Select**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Describe the business">
    Fill in the **Business Context** fields: company name, business summary, industry, target customer and so on. See [Generate a framework](/docs/strategy/generate-framework) for what each field needs, and for loading a saved company or autofilling from a document.

    Then, under **Framework Inputs (Optional)**, answer the questions specific to Three Horizons:

    | Field | What to enter |
    | - | - |
    | **Current Revenue Streams** | Your main revenue sources and how they're performing. |
    | **Innovation Budget/Resources** | Resources available for innovation and growth initiatives. |
    | **Strategic Priorities** | Key strategic goals for the next 3 to 5 years. |
    | **Technology Investments** | Current and planned technology investments. |
    | **Market Disruption Risks** | Possible market disruptions or competitive threats. |

    Click **Continue**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick a depth and generate">
    On a subscription plan there's no depth choice here: the framework runs at the deepest depth your plan includes. On pay-as-you-go, choose **Quick Scan**, **Standard** or **Deep** under **Analysis depth**. Click **Generate Framework**. The app shows the processing time for that depth, from **\~2 min** for Quick Scan to **\~8 min** for Deep.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Related

* [Run Product-Market Growth Matrix in StratEngine](/docs/strategy/frameworks/ansoff)
* [Run Play to Win in StratEngine](/docs/strategy/frameworks/play-to-win)
* [Run BCG Growth Share Matrix in StratEngine](/docs/strategy/frameworks/bcg-growth-share-matrix)
* [Work with framework results](/docs/strategy/framework-results)


## Related topics

- [Run Play to Win in StratEngine](/docs/strategy/frameworks/play-to-win.md)
- [Run Product Lifecycle in StratEngine](/docs/strategy/frameworks/product-lifecycle.md)
- [Run Seven Degrees of Freedom in StratEngine](/docs/strategy/frameworks/seven-degrees-of-freedom.md)
- [Run BCG Growth Share Matrix in StratEngine](/docs/strategy/frameworks/bcg-growth-share-matrix.md)
- [Run Product-Market Growth Matrix in StratEngine](/docs/strategy/frameworks/ansoff.md)


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