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Week 2 Discussion Questions

1. Why is it important to align projects to business strategy? What is SWOT analysis? How can you use a mind map to create a SWOT analysis and generate project ideas?

Aligning projects to business strategy is important because it helps organizations achieve their goals and objectives. Projects not aligned with a business strategy may not be able to provide the required results, even if there is successful completion. Organizations may ensure that their resources are being used effectively and efficiently and that their efforts are concentrated on accomplishing their strategic objectives by coordinating projects with business strategy.

SWOT analysis is a tool used to evaluate an organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. This technique helps understand organizations position in the market and identify any potential ideas in a project. SWOT analysis can be created using a mind map by dividing the map into four quadrants. The four quadrants will represent each SWOT category, and brainstorming ideas in each category.

2. How do you decide...