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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
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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.Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 hHalf day1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
2-83-121
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesLeverage Map, Action StrategyAction Lists, Project List, Review Routine
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StrategyAnalysisPlanning
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
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