Swot Analysis Tool

This worksheet can help you to outline goals and strategies for your business and marketing efforts. A more advanced model, that enables you to make a  strategic or detailed SWOT. is the following Strategic SWOT Excel template. This SWOT Analysis worksheet includes the basic list of four elements: 

• Strengths;
• Weaknesses (or Limitations);
  
• Opportunities;
  
• Threats.
  
  

Strengths: characteristics of the business, or project team that give it an advantage over others. Some of the strengths on the list in this template:

• reputation in the marketplace
  
• expertise at partner level
  
• services from existing branches;
  
• staff experienced in the end-user sector;
  
  

Weaknesses (or Limitations): are characteristics that place the team at a disadvantage relative to others 
Some of the weaknesses on the list in this analysis:

• too little sales or account;
  
• customer lists are not checked;
  
• no direct marketing experience;
  
• downtime and slow systems and processes.

Opportunities: 
external chances to improve performance (e.g. make greater profits) in the environment 

Some of the opportunities on the list in this template:

• little competition decisively;
  
• the market is open to innovations;
  
• export is possible;
  
• more suppliers on the market.
  

Threats: 
external elements in the environment that could cause trouble for the business or project

Some of the threats on the list in this template:

• small competitors that invade the marketplace;
  
• very difficult to interpret market signals;
  
• seasonal sales;
  
• reputation increasingly dependent on sustainability;
  
• distribution channel in jeopardy.
  

Internal factors: the strengths and weaknesses internal to the organization. 

External factors: the opportunities and threats presented by the external environment to the organization.

Instead, we provide this standardized SWOT analysis Chart template with text and formatting as a starting point to help professionalize the way you are working. Our private, business and legal document templates are regularly screened by professionals. If time or quality is of the essence, this ready-made template can help you to save time and to focus on the topics that really matter! If you are looking for a more professional SWOT, click here.