| SWOTS Analysis | ||||||
| Strengths | Weaknesses | Solution | Opportunities | Threats | Solutions | |
| 1 | Highest team membership | Time Constraints | Be organized and task orientated | Dr. Scarborough unable to attend class; teams able to work on plans | Dept. of Techonology significantly decreasing Tech 394 budget | Canvas local industries in an attempt to solicit donation of parts |
| 2 | High levels of motivation among team members | Faulty prototype | Draw on positives and only adjust what needs adjustment | Snow day and everyone meets and works on the tasks at hand | Unexpected loss of a team member | Team members must crash to account for lost team member's load |
| 3 | Unaminous goals of acheiveing benchmark status | Low budget | Seek donations from local industry | Team discovering an additional 3 hour work window for all members | Delivery of wrong part | Locate part locally |
| 4 | High enthusiam due to intriguing project | Lack of knowledge on hovercrafts | Research hovercraft prinicples and solicit advice from expert | Dr. Scarborough winning the lottery and abandoning the project teams. | Dept. of Technology must find capable replacement in a timely manner | |
| 5 | Numerous types of manufacturing equipment in labs | Part delivery time | Allow for late delivery of parts when ordering parts | Briggs & Stratton being unable to deliver vertical shaft motor | Use horizontal shaft engine and use bevel gears to change direction of shaft | |
| 6 | Team is diverse in ideas | Lab availability | Make time in lab as efficient as possible | |||
| 7 | Highly organized team | Tasks not scheduled to be completed concurrently in lab | Project leaders | |||
| 8 | Positive attitude | Kai and Ryan unavalible to help on project | Schedule work time arround their schedules | |||
| 9 | Donated engine | Dr. Scarborough uanavailible for help with project | Schedule time with Dr. Scarborough at her convenience | |||
| 10 | Expert from CEET | Disagreements within team | Follow problem solving model | |||