Strategic planning
David Smawfield has strong interests and expertise in the area of strategic planning.
He is especially interested in participative approaches and tools, relating to needs identification, assessment and prioritisation, including the following:
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Problem and Objective Trees
- Logical Framework Analysis
- SWOT Analysis
- Force Field Analysis
- Matrix Ranking
He has run many capacity building workshops in various countries aimed at developing skills in Strategic Planning - from the context of school based development planning to the design and preparation of large projects.




The Guidance Notes David Smawfield has developed for SWOT Analysis, including his own personalised approach to subsequent stages of SWOT Analysis
His model of Change Management