Talk:SWOT analysis/Archives/2016

Identify the POSITIVES and NEGATIVES
SWOT Strength Weakness Opportunity Threat

A SWOT analysis guides you to identify the positives and negatives inside your company (Strengths-Weaknesses) and outside (Opportunities-Threats).

Being aware of your situation can help with both strategic planning and decision-making.

The SWOT method (which is sometimes called TOWS) was originally developed for business and industry, but it is equally useful in the work of community health and development, education, and even personal growth.

SWOT is not the only assessment technique you can use, but is one with a long track record of effectiveness. The strengths of this method are its simplicity and application to a variety of levels of operation. Bliss Nkabinde (talk) 12:55, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

SWOT is an acronym, not an initialism
"SWOT analysis (alternatively SWOT matrix) is an initialism for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats—and is a structured planning method that evaluates those four elements of a project or business venture"

should read

"SWOT analysis (alternatively SWOT matrix) is a structured planning method that evaluates four elements of a project or business venture - strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (from whence the acronym SWOT)"

An initialism is pronounced by reading the letters individually. An acronym is pronounced as if it were a word, as in this case SWOT, which is pronounced the same as the word swat....

--Dinkum8 (talk) 02:20, 7 April 2016 (UTC)