- SWOT analysis is a process that identifies an organizations Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Specially, SWOT is a basic analytical framework that assesses what an entity (usually a business, thought it can be used for a place, industry, or product) can and cannot do, for factors both internal (the Strengths and weaknesses) as well as external (the potential opportunities and threats) Strength is a positive internal factor. A weakness is a negative internal factor. An opportunity is a positive external factor. A threat is a negative external factor.