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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration of a Business Model Canvas with nine connected compartments, a few notes and symbols for customers, delivery and economic relationships.
Business Strategy
Business Model Canvas
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 the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess.Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h4-5 TageHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-85-84-122-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesPrototype, Test Findings, Decision RationaleBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapBusiness Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses
Tagsno overlap
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
StrategyMetricsExecution
Business modelStrategyValueInnovation
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