The document contains several SWOT analyses from different students, identifying their personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats related to completing a Master of Science in Project Management program. The analyses note strengths like work experience, organization, and communication skills, as well as weaknesses including lack of project management knowledge, time constraints, and procrastination. Opportunities center around career advancement and networking, while threats involve work and family obligations competing for limited time.

1. External
Action Plan:
Strengths – Utilize experience with personal traits to excel
Weaknesses – Stay on schedule and study!
Opportunities – Use resources available to me at work and home
Threats – Stay on schedule and study!
Student A

2.  Strengths:
• Thorough reader
• Teaching myself new
things
• Negotiation skills
• Organized
• Hard worker
 Weakness:
• Procrastination
• Wanting to always do my
best (sometimes makes
things late)
 Opportunities
• Learn PM techniques to
earn further my career
• Develop a different
perspective about
projects
• Learn how to use my
time more wisely
 Threats
• Work conflicting with
time to study
• Making time to have a
life besides school and
work

3. Strengths
• Deadline orientated
• Excess time available
• Passion to learn
Opportunities
• Online resources
• City U library
Weaknesses
• PM knowledge limited to Bio field
• Perfectionist
• Public Speaking
Threats
• New employment
• Family emergencies

4. Strengths
•Ability to prioritize tasks, tackling those most
important first;
•Highly organized;
•Ability to manage my time efficiently;
•Strong focus and determination;
•Persistent;
•A good communicator and comfortable with public
speaking;
•I hold high standards for myself which leads to me
being successful.
Weaknesses
•I have a tendency to procrastinate when under
pressure;
•Dealing with the unknown can fluster me because I
feel like I have lost control;
•I have a problem saying no to things (work and
community involvement) that would consume time
required for completing my MSPM;
•I strive for perfection and will get down on myself
because I have a hard time living up to my own
standards some times.
Opportunities
•Ability to study during slow times at work;
•Providing more services through certification than
other land use consultants in the Counties I work;
•At work I am an Operations Manager, the
techniques I learn through the MSPM program will
allow me to be successful and excel at my new
position;
•Ability to connect with project managers through
friends.
Threats
•The economy has slowed land development, which
has also reduced the need for land use consultants,
so I will need to be able to offer more than other
consultants;
•Self-sabotage because of the need for perfection;
•I have the tendency to take on more than I can
handle by volunteering, which can lead to me being
stressed and overworked.
Student D

5. Strengths
•Dilegent
•5 years Management Expirence
•Well Orangized
•Competence
•Smart
•Quick Learner
Opportunities
•Win lotto (Just do school)
•Outside Help
•Import, export
•Innovation an technology
•Time
•People
Threats
•Work (New Job, Lost Job, More work, ect)
•Sickness
•Price infaltion/deflation
•Strong competition
•Technology Problems
•People
•Time
Weaknesses
•Lack of Project Management Expirence
•Lack of Project Management Knowledge
•Time Management Skills
Primary factors
SWOT ANALYSIS
Student E

6. Strenghts :
I have a strong reading ability. I have a degree in Computer
Science, so the rapid advances in technologies are advantages.
I have also explored some of my creative side in ceramics and
music. I have strong support from my family to continue to
completion. I am generally friendly, and always calm and
respectful. I also draw strength from my connection to the
outdoors through hiking, skiing and other pursuits. Those
activities contribute to my health and good spirits. In high
school I was on the Debate team for 2 years and lettered in the
activity.
Weaknesses :
I have not had a job with extensive management experience. I
am not currently employed full time, and that represents a
weakness in the availability of funds to continue my education.
Threats :
The lack of full time employment is a significant threat for the
continuation of my pursuing the MSPM. Besides the lack of
money beyond students loans, lack of health care coverage is a
threat. Another threat, though of lower likelihood, is a dramatic
increase of demand for pottery, leading to my being too busy to
properly attend to my studies.
Opportunities :
I am hoping that by starting this path of education I will
immediately be able to get a job or internship. There is also a
large opportunity for me to gain new abilities to work with
people in groups. My joining the PMI is an opportunity for
further information and mentoring. I will also be looking to
Cohort 15 for one or more mentors.
I have listed my unemployment as a Weakness and Threat, as it is a personal problem, and also an outside
negative influence.

7. Strengths:
20 Years Business Management
knowledge and skills
Strong Communication Skills
Excellent Social skills
Time Management
Team Member
Opportunities:
Educational LOA
Time commitments
Resources
Task Flexibility and role model
Technical skills
Weaknesses:
Task procrastination
Visually challenged
Repetition
Threats:
Work commitments; OT
Job loss
2nd job
S.W.O.T
Student G

8. Strengths
Driven/Determined
Ability to Motivate Others
Working Knowledge of
Finance/Marketing
Opportunities
Apply/Gain Knowledge
Ability to Network
Become gainfully employed
Threats
Family Obligations
Unforseen Circumstances
Finances
Weaknesses
Very little knowledge of PM
Some ineffiency in some software
Skills
Limited Physical Constraints
SWOT ANALYSIS
Student H

9. INTERNAL
Strengths Weaknesses Familiarity with Project Management disciplines - Inability to delegate
tasks when in a group setting to complete within my place of business long term group project
 Ambitious and committed to learning about - Difficulty with online learning
project management in a scholastic setting - Keeping up with the fast pace
program
 Access to PM certified coworkers
EXTERNAL
Opportunities Threats
 Use job tasks as a potential project - High demand at the workplace
 Incorporate learned material into job - Commitment to family [all out of state]
related activity - Maintaining work/school-life balance
Teach others Project Management fundamentals
in the workplace
Student I

10. Strength Weakness
• Able see the big picture and work on
project and program level tasks.
• Good people skills; genuinely care
about team members and their needs.
• Know how to take charge, lead, and
willing to take on new roles and
assignments.
• Have worked in a broad spectrum of
organizations and willing to mentor .
• Time management and work on the
highest priority tasks first.
• Need to strengthen oral and written
communications skills.
• Have a plan to complete the MSPM,
but do not have a solid plan on
maximizing the use of the degree.
Opportunity Threat
• MSPM and Education. I view it as a
life-long journey and don’t think one is
ever too old.
• Professional and personal
networking with class members .
• Identify a senior mentor.
• Job security.
• Moderate personal life issues to
manage closely.
• Educational funding source.

11. Partner: Aaron Filson
Brandon Harris

12. Student L– Personal SWOT
* Needs more time to find a partner
Strengths:
• Organized
• Focused / Self Disciplined
• Motivated/Self Determination to
complete the MSPM program
Weaknesses:
• Does not have a PM background
• Currently working full-time (does
not have a flexible working schedule)
• Over stresses/Overanalyzes
Opportunities:
• Growth/Prospects in current career
• Personal/Professional
Developments
Threats:
• Currently not working in PM
• Time management due to working
full time
• Not familiar with a “fast track”
program

13. o Time management
o High EQ
o Blocking distraction
 Not enough computer skills
 Pressure myself too much
 Impatient
 Time pressure causes me
to
 Work too quickly If time
runs out, can be a tad
pushy
Improve leadership skills
Learn computer tools
 Enhance my knowledge of
different fields (being a generalist)
Student M

14. TO
S W
(Potential) Weaknesses:
I have:
•very little PM experience
•a non-PM career
•a tight schedule
•little patience for slackers on my teams
•no opportunity at work to lead a project
Strengths:
I am:
•excited to be here
•a critical thinker
•a hard-working student
•creative
•a business student (BA-Bus. Admin)
Opportunities:
I’m looking forward to:
•completing my projects (see SIA)
•picking my instructors brains
•building a project portfolio
•getting to know my cohort
•completing the capstone project
Threats:
I might:
•need to prioritize my career over
academics
•experience some sluggish periods
•not get as much from the program as I’d
like
•not have time to produce high quality work
•not get all my questions answered
Student N

15. S.W.O.T.
Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
• Good command of language. Excellent writer/reader, natural
speller, comfortable speaking to groups
• I’m persuasive and can clearly articulate a position
• Support of both my boss and my family
• Strong analytical skills, good at identifying root cause
• My employer has agreed to let me carve some time out of my
work-week for school
• Comfortable with and adapt well to new technology
• Comfortable questioning assumptions and the status-quo
• Strong believer in a collaborative and respectful work
environment/culture
• Tend to feel overwhelmed at the beginning of something new
• Tend to procrastinate when I encounter an issue which I don’t
know how to handle.
• Time management
• Need lots of sleep to function well (no all nighters…)
• I’m better at setting short term than long term goals
• I have a tendency to over-perform (working beyond my role in
order to make something happen / compensate for an
underperforming team member)
• Little patience for underperforming team members
• Tend to be verbose – have to work at being succinct when I
have a lot to communicate
• Harsh self-critic
• Currently working as a PM, so I can quickly test new ideas
in my professional life
• Developing soft-skills, leadership tools, and my PM toolkit
• Networking with class members and instructors
• Meeting some PMI certification requirements while
simultaneously obtaining an additional degree (double-
dipping)
• Increase my qualifications for more challenging and
remunerative work
• Family responsibilities (wife and three kids) compete for my
time
• Full time (and then some…) employment
• I can get easily distracted while working online
• Occasional work travel/change to routine can make studying
on the road difficult
• Time for friends and personal recreation

16. Strengths
•Personal desire to complete
coursework and eventually teach at a
community college (after
“retirement”)
•Supportive wife and family
•Current job assignments provide
opportunity to utilize PM skills
Opportunities
•Broadening network of people that
are knowledgeable in project
management
•Employer has a PM community of
participants
•Employer subsidized tuition and
books
Threats
•Extremelly limited time due to full
work schedule AND commited hours
to after work volunteer efforts in
Church
•Traveling overseas during key
periods of coursework
•Sleep deprivation due to time
changes
Weaknesses
•It has been 8+ years since being a
MSPM student at CityU
•Tendancy to over analyze and
question my understanding of
subject matter
•Easily distracted
SWOT

17. STRENGTHS
-Optimistic and positive personality
-Good at multitasking
-Hard worker and fast learner
-Work well under pressure
-Hands on, do it myself mentality
OPPORTUNITIES
-Networking with people that have
experience and knowledge in the field
-To learn new skills and open new job
options
-Finding a new direction for a career
S.W.O.T.
WEAKNESSES
-Easily distracted with a tendency
to procrastinate
-A lack of opportunity to use PM
skills in the work place
-Hands on, do it myself mentality
-Not a long term planner
-Lack of direction
THREATS
-Possibly starting a new job that will
be more time consuming
-Not finding the niche I’m looking for

18. Strengths
-working from home gives me current
experience in PM with virtual teams
-PMI member
-enjoy school and homework, even tests
-love to read, even textbooks
-recognizing teammates and coaching to
build relationships and project teams
-excellent written and verbal communication
skills
Weaknesses
-slow internet!
-tend to procrastinate on tasks I dislike
-physical challenges (migraines)
-dislike long time at computer, and at a
computer for work all day
-previous college work was in person
several years ago, need to adjust to online
format
Opportunities
-engage in academic environment
-network with like-minded individuals
-utilize the skills and learning I gain
immediately in my work and continuously
improve
-learn to better balance work and school
and life
Threats
-time for school could be impacted by job
and personal commitments
-creatures in my care (illness/injury) could
impact time and finances
-school funding (due to loss of job or other
unforeseen circumstance)
-balancing work and school and life is a
threat and opportunity
SWOT Analysis