"Gap analysis" is about comparing actual performance with potential performance, or (in layperson's terms), "seeing how woefully we are missing what we are supposed to be doing". If there is a gap, then plan on bridging it tout de suite, certainly before anyone important notices. In the above picture two lots of gaps are in evidence: [1] The country on the horizon is not in The EU, the country in the foreground is. Lots of people have analysed the gap between them and successfully navigated it. [2] The wonky ladders on the shoreline also bridge gaps, making it easier for the people mentioned in [1] when they arrive. A border control gap analysis is underway.
