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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, and Risk Communication.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
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Timedifferent
1-3 h30-90 min Setup, danach laufend45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-81-82-6
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Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
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Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesForecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk CommunicationCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
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StrategyAnalysisPlanning
ForecastingFlowDelivery
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
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Delphi Method
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