Difference between rational planning and incremental ism as a planning process?

rational planning

v Comprehensive and systematic

v Goals/ends should be clearly stated and separated from alternatives

v Analysis is neutral and value free

v Compare alternatives using quantitative analysis

v Relies on cause & effect theory

incremental planning

v No effort at comprehensiveness---consider policies in relation to current and past practices

v Goals, values and alternatives are considered together

v Analysis is value-laden---inadequate data

v Believe in "succession of limited comparisons" instead of theory