IPA IP 2026 Question 34

Topic: System Strategy

A question IPA Japan published in 令和8年度 ITパスポート試験 公開問題 問34, translated into English. ITPEC is based on the same exams.

Which of the following lists all and only the items that should be clarified when an IT basic plan is formulated?

AStakeholders involved in the utilization of IT systemsBResponding to the current and future needs of the organizationCManagement procedures for incidents that have occurredDBusiness requirements based on agreement with users and other concerned parties, and their priorities

Explanation

A, B — an IT basic plan, made at the strategy level, states who is involved in using IT and how IT meets the organization's current and future needs.

An IT basic plan sets the direction for IT across the whole organization in line with its business strategy, before individual systems are planned and developed. It must therefore clarify:

  • •A: the stakeholders in using IT (management, user departments, the IT department, partners), whose roles and interests the plan must take into account
  • •B: how IT will respond to the organization's needs now and in the future, the basis for choosing what to invest in

C belongs to operation: procedures for handling incidents are part of IT service management, set up when a service is run. D belongs to requirements definition: business requirements agreed with users, and their priorities, are fixed for a particular system after the plan.

Answer (a)

Why not others:

  • •(b) A, B, C — adds C, an operational procedure, not a planning decision
  • •(c) A, B, D — adds D, which is decided in the requirements definition of each system
  • •(d) B, C, D — leaves out the stakeholders and adds both later-stage items

Key rule: A strategy-level IT plan fixes direction (needs, stakeholders, priorities of investment); requirements of a system and operational procedures come later, in development and operation.

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