NOISE Analysis

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GOALS

Type business, marketing, or project-based goals you are looking to reach.

What does the business look like in X number of years?

What are the desired results of a campaign or project look like?

Use the area below as a worksheet. Fill out the section above with the top voted items after a team discussion.

Needs

Needs are also internal factors within your control. These might be resources, materials, processes, people, etc., that you know you need to meet your goals.

If we just had __________ this would be a better place to work, or we would be effective in completing our plan or make it fit what you need.
Organizational needs.
Individual needs.

Strengths

Start here. Strengths are things internal to your organization, process, or project, that are within your control.

What is working well?
How do you know?
What is your team good at?
Examples?

Exceptions

Exceptions are areas of the N, O, I, S that are already happening, even just a little. By identifying what is currently happening, you stand a higher odds of increasing what is working well, and decreasing what is not working well.

Of the N, O & I listed what is already happening, even just a little bit?

Improvements

Improvements are internal or external. They are areas of immediate improvement that could make us better or support progress.

What small concrete improvements can we as a team/department complete in the next 90 days?
Based on our strengths, needs, & opportunities what areas can we improve?
What is already working well that we can make work better?
A consistent area of improvement I hear people wish for is:
One area of improvement that would support our capacity growth is:

Opportunities

Opportunities should be treated as external factors that the organization, process, or project should (or could) develop. Ideally, these already exist in some fashion.

Other departments/locations/companies/teams are doing
An area of untapped talent OR under-utilized resources
What do we currently have that could be used differently?
What opportunities are we missing that we ought to be aware of?

NOISE Analysis was created by Mike Cardus.