In order to make a thorough analysis of all aspects affecting a decision, SWOT Analysis helps in structuring your analysis and assists in helping you to not only forecast the risks but think about how to mitigate them.

Scenario:

You are tasked to work on a community team on a housing project. The new multiple dwelling housing complex is to be located in a low lying area of town that is only near a high school. Shops are located 5 miles away and there is no public transportation. There has been some flooding during a past hurricane which was ten years ago. The only other land development option in the town is too costly to put multiple dwellings on. In addition, the dwelling must not exceed a sale price of $100,000 dollars.

Checklist:

• establish a SWOT analysis to determine the risks involved and possible opportunities for mitigating the risks.
• Using thedecision-making steps below, explain how you addressed each step below the SWOT table.

• Decision Making Steps: 1. Determine what the actual problem is. 2. Analyze the internal and external implications and ethical considerations. 3. Determine alternative solutions based on your analysis. 4. Select the best alternative and put into action. 5. Assess the efficacy of the decision and the impact made
• Provide a possible resolution to the scenario based on your SWOT analysis.