CREST Project: SWOT Analysis
In science, we’re starting the ‘CREST’ project in a STEM field. Here is my analysis on how my personal skills and traits might impact the project that I do and my success.
SWOT: How might factors impact how well your project goes?
Strengths:
- Individual research skills
- Time management skills
- Graphic design
- Very easily interested and curious – if I can do the project in something I’m deeply interested in it’ll be really worthwhile and I won’t have any problems putting in effort
Weaknesses:
- Sometimes in communications especially within group work
- Experiments (I’m much better at theory, I’m clumsy in experiments)
- I get bored as easily as I get interested
- I tend to stick to traditional reports and posters
Opportunities:
- Improving on my ‘physical’ investigation skills – perhaps an experiment or exploration?
- Developing a project that combines my passion for history/philosophy with science → is this possible?
- Gaining knowledge in a new subject/field I haven’t explored before
- Presenting information in a unique way?
Threats:
- If I get too idealistic with my ideas and bite off much more than I can chew
- Not picking a topic that will hold my interest for a sustained amount of time
- Other projects that take up lots of time (we’re very swamped at the moment)