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What’s the Difference: Quantitative vs Qualitative Data

Alation

In gap analysis , past and current state data is compared to evaluate performance or make decisions about what needs to be done to fix a problem. Document analysis: This entails reading through different documents about a topic and looking for common themes.

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The art and science of data product portfolio management

AWS Big Data

As part of this practice, a gap analysis is conducted between the current and target data product portfolio, and a set of required actions and estimated time and effort prepared for review by the organization.