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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
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.A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.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.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-3 h2-4 hHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-83-84-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map
Tagsno overlap
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
StrategyMetricsExecution
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Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
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Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis