SOAR Analysis
Create A Clear Organizational Vision
Visually analyze strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results of your organization.
- Use strategic thinking frameworks to establish a clear vision for your organization
- Create action plans to reach organizational goals
- Real-time collaboration to establish a common plane and enhance understanding
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Multiple strategic thinking frameworks to establish high-level plans for your organization.
Advanced linking features to connect workspaces. Link to SWOT analysis, TOWS, environmental scanning techniques and more to develop a well-rounded strategic plan.
Import data straight onto the canvas to make informed decisions that have real-world impact.
Infinite canvas to work on all the frameworks and establish a single source of truth.
Visualize Data for Better Understanding
Simple to use drag and drop tools to visually collect and organize data.
Embed documents, records, and assets with in-app previews to link information together for faster decision-making.
Context aware shapes; changes made on the canvas reflect back on the data source.
Create a Shared Vision of the Future
Real-time cursors for any number of participants. Collaborate with teammates on a shared canvas and bring stakeholders together to recognize the potential of the organization.
Comment with context; have discussions and follow ups on the same canvas.
Video conferencing baked into the platform to feel like you are in the same room.
What Is a SOAR Analysis?
SOAR stands for Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, and Results. It is a strategic planning tool that organizations use to analyze their current strengths and opportunities and focus on the future aspirations and the related results for developing strategic goals.
How to Use SOAR Analysis?
- Gather a team of employees from different levels and functional areas who can view the situation from various perspectives. The group can also include stakeholders, customers, partners, suppliers, etc.
- Together, analyze strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results in relation to your organization. You can use a SOAR analysis template to organize the data you brainstorm and gather.
- Additionally, you can have a set of questions based on each element to guide the brainstorming session. Or you can use a questionnaire for each participant; the answers can be analyzed together later in the session.
- In the first step of the analysis, focus on the strengths of the organization. Strengths could be what the organization excels in, its achievements, what differentiates it from competitors, etc.
- Next look into the opportunities that exist within the internal or external environment of the organization. You may be able to find opportunities in new market trends, new collaborations or convert a threat into a profitable opportunity.
- When considering the aspirations of the organization, specify its ambitions. What does the organization want to gain in the future? What does it want to be? What is its vision?
- Results in the SOAR analysis refers to the tangible and measurable outcomes that will indicate that the goals have been met.
- Want to take a printout of your SOAR analysis? Or share it with stakeholders or embed it in your internal wiki? Download it as a PNG, SVG or PDF.