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Criterion
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs
Paper illustration of Strategy Map with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Map
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.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review.A Strategy Map translates strategy into a few connected objectives across perspectives such as finance, customers, processes, and learning. This makes visible which capabilities and activities are meant to drive which results.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-2 h Setup, laufend1-2 h Setup2-4 h workshop plus review
Participantsdifferent
2-812-204-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineOKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadenceStrategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect Hypotheses
Tagsno overlap
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement
AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
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