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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
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 work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h20-40 min initial, dann laufend1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
2-83-15Nutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesROAM Board, Owner ListInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note
Tagsno overlap
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
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Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping