SOAR Analysis Project management

What is this activity?

A SOAR analysis is a simple yet powerful method for analyzing progress and identifying improvement opportunities. Here’s how to create a SOAR analysis for your project or organization. Using the SOAR analysis template is very simple, just create a board by clicking on the button below, share the URL with your team/organization and start brainstorming on how to improve your organization. Why use SOAR analysis? A SOAR analysis is a simple but powerful tool for analyzing your strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results. It is a holistic way of looking at what’s going well in your project, what you want to achieve, and how you’re going to achieve it. Strengths - What do we excel at? What makes us unique? Opportunities - What niches and opportunities we can utilize? Aspirations - What do we want to achieve? How can we make a difference? Results - How can we measure that the goals and aspirations were achieved? SOAR Analysis was created by Jacqueline Stavros, David Cooperrider, and Lynn Kelley in their work SOAR: A new approach to strategic planning.

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SOAR Analysis Template

Strenghts

What do we excel at?

Opportunities

What niches and opportunities we can utilize?

Aspirations

What do we want to achieve?

Results

How can we measure that the goals and aspirations were achieved?

How to conduct this activity

You can start by first creating a board using the button below to create your first SOAR analysis template. It is very simple to use and free. The columns "Strengths" and "Opportunities" represent the current present and reflect the situation of your project or organization. The colums "Aspirations" and "Results" represent the future and where you want to be and how to measure. who should participate in a SOAR analysis? SOAR is a collaborative, iterative, flexible process that can be used pretty much anywhere — from individual teams to entire organizations. It is best if you can gather a cross-disciplined team to participate in the session.

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