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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration of a journey map with four connected phases, several experience lanes and a point marked for closer investigation.
UX Research
Customer Journey Mapping
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
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 user journey falls apart across many touchpoints, customer journey mapping makes the experience visible as a coherent arc. Phases, emotions, and breaks become legible enough to prioritize critical moments deliberately.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 h2-4 h0.5-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
2-84-104-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesJourney Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity BacklogScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options
Tagsno overlap
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
JourneyServiceService design
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
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A paper-based illustration representing Customer Journey Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Customer Journey Canvas
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis
A paper-based illustration representing Service Blueprint with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Service Blueprinting