What is Gap Analysis

Gap Analysis is the process of comparing two things in order to determine the difference or gap that exists between them.   Once the gap is understood, the steps required to bridge the gap can be determined.

Gap Analysis

Most often gap analysis is used to compare two different states of something; the current state and the future state.

Gap analysis can be conducted on:

• A system  features that exist in the system now versus the features that need to exist in the future
• A system interface  data that a system provides to an interface now versus data that will need to be provided in the future
• A business process  activities and steps of a current business process versus the activities and steps that will be supported by the business process in the future
• Business goals and  metrics  how well a business meets certain goals and metrics now versus the targeted goals and metrics at some point in the future.

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