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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
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.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.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
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 hHalf day60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-123-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesLeverage Map, Action StrategySalience Diagram, Strategy per Class
Tagsno overlap
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S