IT Planning Questionnaire: Competitive Advantage & Stakeholders

This assignment provides a comprehensive questionnaire designed to assess the role of IT planning in achieving competitive advantage within a business enterprise. It explores perspectives from both internal stakeholders (IT managers, risk managers, security managers, IT users, internal audit, human resources, privacy officers, service managers, business managers, business process owners, business executives, chief information officers, chief risk managers, chief executive officers, and board of directors) and external stakeholders (business consultants, business suppliers, shareholders, external users, customers, government/legal bodies, external auditors, and standardization organizations). The questions cover a wide range of topics, including the benefits of IT plans, resource requirements, performance management, risk assessment, cost control, privacy, business process improvement, legal compliance, and the impact on various stakeholders. The questionnaire aims to provide insights into how IT plans can drive business growth, improve efficiency, and ensure alignment with legal and regulatory requirements.

QUESTIONNAIRE
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IS Planning and Competitive advantage questions on IT
Internal stakeholders Internal stakeholder questions
 IT managers
 Risk managers
 Security managers
 IT users
 Internal audit
 Human resource
managers
 Privacy officers
 Service managers
 Business managers
 Business process
owners
 Business executives
 Chief information
officers
 Business executives
 Risk managers
 Chief risk managers
 Chief executive
officers
 Privacy officers
 Board of directors
 What are the benefits of making IT plans and
strategies?
 Is IT planning and strategy is helpful in business
growth and development?
 How many resources are required to build IT plans?
 How do we get benefits from implementing It plans
within the business enterprise?
 How do managers will manage their performance in
IT department of a business enterprise?
 What are the major requirements for which IT plans is
developing within the workplace?
 How do I improve business performance by taking
help of information technologies?
 How do I deal with the cost of the IT planning and IT
strategies?
 What are the positive points of implementing IT
Strategies?
 What are the major risks and problems which are
related to IT plans and strategies?
 How do I make privacy control on IT plans and
procedures?
 Is the action which is taken by me secure for a
business enterprise?
 What are the potential risks of using IT in the
business enterprise?
 Do It services can make business processes easier?
 What is my major responsibility for implementing IT
plans and strategies?
 Am I formulating most effective as well as successful
IT plans?
 How will business manager get assurance on
Information technologies?
 What are the possible advantages of IT plans for me
as risk managers?
 How do I overcome the challenges of Information
technology?
 Does information technology influence negative
impact on operation cost of a business enterprise?
 What are requirements for controlling the IT plans
and procedures?
 How do I access information from different
departments through IT plans?
 What are the possible disadvantages of making IT
plans and formulating IT strategies?
 Is there any risk management plans in IT department?
 How do I manage the IT plans in most effective as
well as in a systematic manner?
 How do I create most effective and positive IT
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department within my workplace?
 Is there any type of alternative plans which are
overcome the risks of IT plans and strategies?
 Do I need to remove all the risks associated with
information technology?
 How much depended I am on external suppliers or
providers?
 Do IT plans will help the organisation in improving
its business efficiency as well as effectiveness?
 How do will I manage information technology plans
and procedures?
 Did I remove all the risks which relate to information
technology?
 What are the possible developments which can be
made in IT plans and strategies?
 How do I can take control of the cost of IT plans and
procedures?
 How do I get a competitive advantage through using
information technologies?
 What are the possible benefits of management of
using IT plans and strategies within the workplace?
 What will be my role in IT Plan as a human resource
manager?
 How do I will utilise IT resources in an appropriate
manner?
 Do I need lots of human resources for implementing
information technology plans as well as strategies?
 What are the most effective ways through which I can
implement IT plan in the most effective manner?
 Being a human resource manager how will I manage
and develop skills of It workers?
 What are the possible ways by which I can maintain
the performance of employees?
 Is IT plan will provide huge benefits to business
people?
 How can I improve business efficiency as well as
effectiveness by creating IT environment?
 Di It plans will deliver requires results? If no then
why so?
 How significant is IT plan for making the business
enterprise more sustainable?
 Which process of business enterprise is depended
upon the information technology?
 How many financial resources do I need to implement
IT plans and strategies?
 Can Information technology improve the functioning
of a business enterprise?
 Which kind of challenges might I face in using
information technologies within the workplace?
 What action can I take in the absence of information
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technology plan and strategies?
 Do I need to prepare an operational budget for the
implementation of information technology within
business activities or practices?
 How often information technology project, as well as
plans, go over the prepared budget?
 Is an information technology helps business enterprise
and business manager in accomplishing competitive
advantage?
 How much time do I need to make IT decisions?
 Does IT plans and strategies help the organisation in
complying with legal rules as well as regulations?
External Stakeholders External Stakeholders
questions
 Business consultants
 Business suppliers
 Shareholders
 External users
 Customers
 Government or legal
bodies
 External auditors
 Standardisation
organisations
 How do I confirm that my business partners are
providing me right information?
 Is there any chance of success of information
technology plans as well as strategies?
 How do I know that information technology plans of
the organisation are complying with legal rules as
well as regulations?
 Do the business partners have effective information
chain among them?
 What are the potential benefits to external
stakeholders of implementing IT plans and strategies?
 How do I get the idea that business enterprise has
effective control on its information technology plans?
 How would the customer get benefit from utilisation
of information technology?
 Do I need to audit the process and systems of
information technology?
 Are IT systems are helpful for external users of a
business enterprise?
 How do I get proper information about the suppliers
of IT resources?
 What are the possible threats of using information
technology within the business enterprise?
 Is IT plan is effective in controlling the extern
activities as well as practices of a business enterprise?
 How government and legal authorities will influence
impact on the IT systems and processes of a business
enterprise?
 What are requirements legal authorities regarding the
implementation of information technology?
 Do business shareholders have control over IT
strategies as well as plans?
 How do I know that IT plans of the organisation will
get huge success in future?
 How can I rely on the business plans and strategies of
IT department?
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 What is the role of a business supplier in
implementing IT plans?
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