Jesus MartheynProject Manager SR Lvl 2| GlobantMedellin, Antioquia, Colombia
Hi Alaa,
The Gap Analysis that I've develope contains the ID, the requirement description, the result expected, Owner (developer), the time required to solve, Build or iteration to be solved, and dependency. Saving Changes...
Alaa Eldin ElshimySenior Resident Engineer| Meinhardt (Singapore)-Dubai branchDubai, United Arab Emirates
Thank you Jesus,
It looks like it has broad meaning and application Saving Changes...
Lenka PincotChief of Staff to the CEO| Project Management InstituteParis, France
Hi Alaa, I know Gap analyses as wide defined term that refers to identifying and analyzing differences between the current state and desired state. It may happen at the beginning of the project when you use Gap analyses to define the project scope (e.g. for process improvement project) or in the middle of the project when you need to get details for a particular issue to solve. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Gap Analyis has to be made before a project exists. Business analyst is accountable for that.Is about to understand the current situation and the desire future situation based on the stratety. the gap is the business requirements. Saving Changes...
Moses MwansaNational Consultant| United Nations Development Programme - UNDPChingola, Copperbelt, Zambia
Gap Analysis is a measure of a company's performance by analyzing its current status against its desired or expected status. In Projects, it can be done at the start of the project to set a baseline or during the project to ascertain the status of the project against the set targets. Saving Changes...
Annie IrizariCEO/Founder,Entrepreneur, Investor, Consultant| Core Community Housing, CS Professional Services Rio Rancho, Nm, United States
The hole between current and future desired state which can happen at anytime within the project timeline continuum. Usually it happens at the beginning or before project begins as part of initiation or planning phase, aka Due Diligence, but not always. This typically ends up as either unknown-unknowns or known unknowns. I do my best to add a 'parked scope' slot where these get dropped into subject to review and approval. Performing a gap analysis throughout the project lifecycle is never a bad thing especially if the uncertainty or change probability is high. A gap by definition is we know some part or piece of some deliverable but not all with potential towards must add. Just be careful as these tend to be the scope creep or risk factor unpredictability that will gotcha your projects. When in doubt, add it but proceed with caution; Saving Changes...
Khai Ng.IT PMO | IT Project Manager| TTGROUPHanoi, Viet Nam
I don't think your question is just simply to find out the meaning of Gap Analysis. Can you add more info? Saving Changes...
Deepesh RammoorthyICT Project Manager ( PMP®AgilePM®Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®))| Australian Red Cross Blood ServiceTarneit, Vic, Australia
Gap Analysis is all about answering the three questions and it is Technology, Domain or function agnostic.
Where are we now ?
Where do we want to be ?
What are the things that we need to do to get to where we want to be from where we are now? Saving Changes...
Alaa Eldin ElshimySenior Resident Engineer| Meinhardt (Singapore)-Dubai branchDubai, United Arab Emirates
Thank you All
Your feed back is great Saving Changes...
Anton OosthuizenSenior Business Analyst / Project Manager| Self EmployedPretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Actually gap analysis could be applied to anything. The purpose of a gap analysis is to determine the delta between two states i.e. what is the gap between state A and state B. The states could be the AS IS and TO BE (most common use), PRE and POST etc. So can gap analysis be applied to finances, schedule and/or resources? Absolutely if you determine what states you want to measure. But most commonly gap analysis is performed to determine the difference between:
a) a current operational state and a desired operation state i.e. business process [re]engineering
b) one set of functionality and another i.e. system upgrade Saving Changes...
