Business analysts use a variety of tools to gather information and feedback about a project. One of these tools is surveying stakeholders. In this exercise, you will create, design, administer and evaluate the results of a stakeholder survey. The stakeholders may be part of your Course Project, or they may be any other group of individuals you wish to survey.
1. Choose your issue and design your survey. Issue: improving supply chain management
2. Construct a diagram of the inputs, tasks, and outputs to map the Survey Monkey survey. NEEDS TO BE CONSTRUCTED EXAMPLE BELOW
3. Define your survey objective. What are you going to survey? What questions are you going to ask? What is the objective of the survey? What will you do with the information?
4. Identify your stakeholders.
5. Run your survey.
6. Write a 500-word analysis of your Survey Monkey data. Explore what the elicitation from surveying your stakeholders told you about the problem and begin to design and develop alternative solutions. Back up your opinions with 2 scholarly sources and cite both in-text and at work’s end the APA way. In an appendix AFTER your reference page place a screen shot of your Survey
Inputs
- Stakeholders
- Survey Monkey platform
- Survey questions
Tasks
- Create survey
- Distribute survey
- Collect responses
- Analyze responses
Outputs
- Survey results
- Recommendations
The survey objective is to gather feedback from stakeholders on how to improve supply chain management. The specific questions that will be asked will focus on the following areas:
The information gathered from the survey will be used to develop recommendations for improving the supply chain management process. These recommendations will be presented to the stakeholders for their consideration.
Here are some additional details about the survey:
The survey results will be analyzed to identify the most common themes and areas for improvement. The recommendations will be based on the survey results and the business analyst’s expertise. The recommendations will be presented to the stakeholders for their consideration.
The survey is an important tool for gathering feedback from stakeholders and identifying areas for improvement. The information gathered from the survey will be used to develop recommendations that will help to improve the supply chain management process.
Here are some additional tips for designing and administering a stakeholder survey: