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Paper illustration of a four-column Kanban board with limited ongoing work, a visible blocker and a review loop.
Engineering
Kanban
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Purposedifferent
When work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable.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.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
Ongoing1-3 h1-2 h Setup, laufendHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-122-814-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metricsGap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map
Tagsno overlap
FlowVisual managementDelivery
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
StrategyMetricsExecution
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