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Skills gap analysis
Latest update: June 29th, 2026
1. What is a skills gap analysis in AG5?
A skills gap analysis is a method to analyze the skills performance of employees against the skills requirements/goals.
2. What is the purpose of the gap analysis?
The purpose is to provide managers actionable insights to improve the skills of employees so that requirements (goals) can be met.
3. How to measure skill gaps?
AG5 can measure the skills gaps of your employees. This measurement is based on the comparison of what skills the employees have against the skills that are required for those employees. For this AG5 needs to understand what the skills requirements are for each employee. This can be set with skill requirements in AG5. Read this article to understand how to set skill requirements as a basis to measure gaps.
4. How to analyze skill gaps?
Analyze gaps by the matrix
After creating skill requirements you are able to see the gaps within the matrix itself. Clear gaps per position are always seen within the matrix, as shown by red icons. Also, if you have defined minimum number of employees per skill, you can always see them at the bottom or right side of the matrix. The gaps would look like this:
Analyze gaps by the alert list
Read in this article how you can use the alert list
Analyze gaps by the alert list for only the matrix employees and skills
From the matrix you are viewing you can directly go to a filtered alert list where you only see the gaps for the skills and employees of your matrix.
Open the matrix options menu (the "..." icon in the top right corner of the matrix) and select "View in alert list":
