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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
A paper-based illustration representing Service Blueprint with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Service Blueprinting
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
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.When a service experience is spread across several touchpoints, it brings frontstage and backstage together. It shows where user contact and internal responsibility must fit.When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h0.5-2 Tage0.5-2 Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-84-126-123-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsService Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership MapImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options
Tagsno overlap
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
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