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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration of Pretotyping with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Pretotyping
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.Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 hStunden bis wenige Tage
Participantsdifferent
2-81-4
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesPretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision
Tagsno overlap
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
ValidationDemandMVP
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Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
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Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
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