How to Conduct a Gap Analysis

A com­mon start­ing point for strat­e­gy devel­op­ment, goal-set­ting, or improve­ment ini­tia­tives is a gap analy­sis. As the name sug­gests, this activ­i­ty iden­ti­fies one or more gaps between our cur­rent state or cur­rent con­di­tion, and the desired future state or tar­get con­di­tion. Learn the five steps to con­duct­ing gap analy­sis and com­mon for­mats for sum­ma­riz­ing our findings.