Gap analysis

Gap analysis

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'Minister for Brexit' Oliver Letwin gave evidence to a parliamentary hearing yesterday and started talking about gap analysis - ie what we need to know about the UK's exit from Europe versus what we actually know.

Some swear by gap analysis, while others feel it is used in meetings when a) they need to buy time or b) they don't know the answer. Has anyone used this technique? Is it effective or a waste of everyone's time?

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By Tim Vane
06th Jul 2016 10:29

Well, if one were to do a gap analysis between the old aweb and the new aweb, the list would be quite extensive. But it would be totally ignored, so the answer to the question is that it is a waste of everyone's time.

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By Tom Herbert
06th Jul 2016 11:01

I might have gap analysis completely wrong, but I'd always seen it as comparing actual performance with future potential, rather than a retrospective study.

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By DJKL
06th Jul 2016 10:57

I think most on here are more au fait with GAAP analysis.

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By Tom Herbert
06th Jul 2016 11:18

Badum tish... That's a high-tariff management/accountancy pun. Impressive work.

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By jndavs
06th Jul 2016 11:46

I know that the French company Southern Rail (Govia) run an absolutely diabolical service. Is that what you mean?

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By tbk
06th Jul 2016 11:59

I come from a software background and when we took on a new client the first job was a gap analysis, to see what did they do in the business that our software did not do. That then formed the basis for the next step of deciding what modifications we would add in. I guess its virtue is it limits the scope to what is really needed, which is good unless you are in an environment where you want or need to do something new.

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By lionofludesch
06th Jul 2016 12:08

Gap Analysis seems to be something I've been doing for years without knowing it actually had a name.

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