scenario

noun3

1. •
   a story of events that could happen, set out in the order they would come in

   • Hearts were keen to avoid a repeat of the scenario at this stage of last season's competition, when they found themselves two goals down inside the opening quarter of an hour. — 2012
2. •
   (old-fashioned) An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.
3. •
   (old-fashioned) A screenplay itself, or an outline or a treatment of it.