SWOT-analysis template for small projects

SWOT-analysis template for small projects

Please, write down on below boxes the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats related to your project idea. Your SWOT-analysis should cover at least the following dimensions:

-          Partnerships – Who can help you to implement project?

-          Resources – Do you have enough human, material and financial resources for project implementation?

-          Timeframe – Is the project feasible given its timeframe?

-          Impact – Will the project have desired positive impact on its beneficiaries? Will you be able to measure it (i.e. target indicators)?

-          Harmful effects – Will your project potentially harm anybody / anything while being implemented?

-          Duplication – Is someone in your community already conducting similar activities or targeting same beneficiaries? i.e. there is no need to duplicate their efforts

-          Sustainability – Is there a possibility to sustain project activities even after the project itself has ended? i.e. long-term effect should always be the priority when designing projects 

STRENGTHS (internal to project, can be influenced):	WEAKNESSES (internal to project, can be influenced):
OPPORTUNITIES (external to project, difficult to influenced):	THREATHS (external to project, difficult to influenced):

EXAMPLE:

Project objective: To increase local people’s awareness on sustainable use natural resources in the community

Project outputs: Photo and/or video stories about sustainable development made and published in the community

STRENGTHS (internal to project, can be influenced): -          Implementation will not require much of time nor money -          Sustainable development stories are easy to identify in the community (recycling, transportation means, etc.) -          Volunteers are easy to mobilize for such project

WEAKNESSES (internal to project, can be influenced): -          Lack of equipment -          Lack of skills and programmes for video/photo editing -          Community members may not understand their role in promotion of sustainable development based on the photo/video stories only

OPPORTUNITIES (external to project, difficult to influenced): -          Possibility to partner with local schools while implementing the project -          Project might encourage other community actors to do something for the promotion of sustainable development too

THREATHS (external to project, difficult to influenced): -          Community members will not be interested in outcomes of such project and hence its impact will be limited -          Project sustainability – will there be any opportunity to use project results for wider awareness-raising efforts after the project has ended? -          Local business might not be happy with community members pointing out to environmental problems caused by their activities