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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
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-2 h Setup, laufend60–90 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-812-83-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesSalience Diagram, Strategy per Class
Tagsno overlap
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
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