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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
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 several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-3 h0.5-2 TageHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
2-83-84-1210-50
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesSketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
Tagsno overlap
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
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