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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
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 knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-4 WochenWochen bis Monate je Goal
Participantsdifferent
2-86-30 Experten3-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports
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StrategyAnalysisPlanning
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
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Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
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Impact Mapping
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Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
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Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
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