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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy GAP Analysis | ![]() Business Strategy Scenario Planning | ![]() Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 0.5-2 Tage | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-12 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes | Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyAnalysisPlanning | StrategyUncertaintyPlanning | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |
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