Opportunities
This tool is addressed to NGOs, and to consultants and support organisations working with them. From this webpage, you can download the 24 pages user guide (pdf format) while the brainstorming, action plan and other worksheets are also available in Word format, so that you can modify them according to your needs. Using the SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats assessment), this tool will go over your "management processes, finances, staffing, relationships with others and results" so to provide you with a comprehensive review of your organization.
As described in DfID's book entitled Promoting Institutional and Organisational Development: A Source Book of Tools and Techniques, "SWOT analysis is a tool for assessing and communicating the current position of an organisation [...] in terms of its internal Strengths and Weakness and the external Opportunities and Threats it faces. It provides a clear basis on which to develop a picture of the changes needed [...]." The SWOT Analysis is made out of a set