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Selected:GAP AnalysisImpact MappingARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Getting Things Done
| Criterion |  Business Strategy GAP Analysis |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Operations Getting Things Done |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-8 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyAnalysisPlanning | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution |