Capstone Project Part III: Strategic Issues

To prepare:
Review Final Project: Developing a Strategic Plan –S.W.O.T Analysis media in the Weekly Resources.
Consider the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges related to your Capstone Project agency,
organization, or community.
Think about the environmental factors you might review in preparation for addressing the strategic issues
component for your Capstone Project. The environmental factors may include: political, economic,
demographic, regulatory, philanthropic, donor trends, and other organizations providing similar services.
The Assignment (4–6
pages):
1.
Conduct a SWOT analysis.
This analysis focuses on assessing the present state or condition of the
organization and
determining where the organization would like to be. The
difference between the two represents the gap, or the difference
between where
the organization is currently and where the organization would like to be. This
gap could provide direction
for the major focus of the strategic plan.

2.
Describe plans for
conducting an environmental scan. The environmental scan is a process in which
stakeholders gather
and interpret relevant data on an agency, organization, or
community to identify external opportunities and threats.
a.
Identify and describe internal conditions that might impact the
implementation of the strategic plan.
b.
Address how you would minimize the impact of those conditions.
c.
Identify and describe external conditions or competitors that
might impact the implementation of the strategic plan.
i.
Address how you would minimize the impact of those conditions.
ii.
Consider how you might plan to work with competitors to meet the
needs of your targeted agency, organization, or community.

2.
Identify and describe at
least three strengths of the agency, organization, or
community.

a.
State why each item on the list is a strength.
b.
State how you plan to utilize each strength to positively the
impact the development or implementation of the strategic plan.
2.
Identify and describe at
least three weaknesses of the agency, organization, or
community.
a.
State what causes each item on the list to be a weakness.
b.
State how you plan to minimize the impact of the weakness.
3.
Identify and describe at
least three threats to the agency, organization, or community.
a.
State what causes each item on the list to be a threat.
b.
State how you plan to minimize the impact of the threat.

1.
Identify and describe at
least three opportunities for improvement for the agency,
organization, or community.
a.
State what causes each item on the list to be an opportunity for
improvement.
b.
State how you plan to incorporate the opportunity in the
implementation of the strategic plan.

4.
Identify and describe at
least three opportunities for improvement for the agency,
organization, or community.
a.
State what causes each item on the list to be an opportunity for
improvement.
b.
State how you plan to incorporate the opportunity in the
implementation of the strategic plan.

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