A risk management professional is currently facilitating the risk planning process with the project team. To increase the breadth of considered…

A SWOT analysis is a risk identification technique that helps to identify high-level and strategic

project risks by examining the internal and external factors that may affect the project objectives. A

SWOT analysis involves listing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the project,

and then analyzing how they may impact the project positively or negatively. A SWOT analysis can

help to uncover potential risks that may not be obvious from other techniques, such as prompt lists,

interviews, or brainstorming12

: 1: PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)® Handbook, page 10 2: A Guide to the Project

Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Seventh Edition, page 11.2.2.1