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Criterion
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Purposedifferent
GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing.When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h60-120 min1-2 h Setup45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-84-102-203-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanOKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadenceOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs
Tagsno overlap
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
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