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Forecast Confidence & Scenario Planning Assessment

Assesses team confidence in operational forecast accuracy, input quality, and scenario planning practices across functions. Designed for cross-functional teams to identify forecasting gaps, process bottlenecks, and planning improvement priorities.

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21 questions · ~10 min
Q01
Message

Welcome to the Forecast Confidence & Scenario Planning Assessment. This survey asks about your experience with operational forecasts and scenario planning in your area. Your responses will help us identify gaps, improve accuracy, and strengthen planning processes. There are no right or wrong answers — we are interested in your honest perspective. Participation is voluntary, and you may stop at any time. All responses are confidential and will be reported only in aggregate. Estimated completion time: 10 minutes.

Q02
Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes your involvement with operational forecasts?

  • I help create forecasts
  • I use forecasts but don't create them
  • I rarely or never use forecasts
Q03
Opinion Scale

How confident were you in the accuracy of forecasts used in your area during the last quarter?

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all confidentMax:Extremely confident
Q04
Dropdown

How often were forecasts updated in your area during the last quarter?

  • Real-time or daily
  • Weekly
  • Bi-weekly
  • Monthly
  • Quarterly
  • Less often than quarterly
  • Only ad hoc
Q05
Message

The following questions shift focus to scenario planning exercises conducted over the past 6 months.

Q06
Long Text

If you could improve one thing about your area's forecasts or scenario planning inputs next quarter, what would you prioritize?

Q07
Dropdown

Which function or area do you primarily support?

  • Operations
  • Supply Chain
  • Sales
  • Marketing
  • Finance
  • Product
  • Engineering
  • Customer Support
  • People/HR
  • IT
  • Other (please specify)
Q08
Message

Thank you for completing this survey. Your input will directly inform improvements to our forecasting processes and scenario planning practices.

Q09
Dropdown

What is the primary time horizon you focus on for forecasts in your area?

  • Within-week
  • Weekly
  • Monthly
  • Quarterly
  • 6–12 months
  • 12+ months
  • Not applicable
Q10
Opinion Scale

How would you rate the overall accuracy of your area's primary forecast last quarter?

Scale: 17
Min:Very inaccurateMax:Very accurate
Q11
Multiple Choice

Which of the following were the top obstacles to confident forecasting in your area? Please select up to 3.

  • Unclear or misaligned assumptions
  • Data latency or quality issues
  • High external volatility
  • Limited cross-functional coordination
  • Inadequate tools or automation
  • Unclear ownership or governance
  • Scenario ranges too narrow
  • Insufficient domain expertise
  • Other (please specify)
Q12
Multiple Choice

In the last 6 months, how often did your area conduct scenario planning exercises?

  • Not at all
  • Once
  • Twice
  • Quarterly
  • Monthly or more often
Q13
AI Interview

We'd like to explore your forecasting and scenario planning experience in a bit more depth. An AI moderator will ask you a couple of follow-up questions based on your responses.

Q14
Dropdown

What is your role level?

  • Individual contributor
  • Manager
  • Director
  • VP or above
Q15
Opinion Scale

How confident were you in the quality of historical and internal data used as forecast inputs last quarter?

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all confidentMax:Extremely confident
Q16
Opinion Scale

How clear were the key assumptions and drivers used in your area's most recent scenario planning exercise?

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all clearMax:Extremely clear
Q17
Dropdown

How long have you been in your current role?

  • Less than 1 year
  • 1–2 years
  • 3–5 years
  • 6–10 years
  • More than 10 years
Q18
Opinion Scale

How confident were you in the quality of external market and economic data used as forecast inputs last quarter?

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all confidentMax:Extremely confident
Q19
Opinion Scale

How useful were the outputs from your area's most recent scenario planning exercise for decision-making?

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all usefulMax:Extremely useful
Q20
Dropdown

Which region do you primarily work in?

  • Americas
  • EMEA
  • APAC
Q21
Opinion Scale

How confident were you in the quality of cross-functional input and expert judgment used in forecasts last quarter?

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all confidentMax:Extremely confident

What’s included

  • AI follow-ups

    Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.

  • Attention checks

    Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.

  • AI-drafted copy

    Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.

  • Auto report

    Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.

Why this template

What this template is built to do — we found no directly comparable template from other survey tools to review.

What sets it apart

  • Combines structured opinion-scale ratings on forecast accuracy, data quality, and cross-functional input with an AI follow-up interview that adaptively probes low-confidence areas in the respondent's own words
  • Separates confidence in historical/internal data from confidence in external market data and expert judgment, giving forecasting teams a more diagnostic breakdown than a single generic rating
  • Includes dedicated scenario-planning questions (frequency, clarity of assumptions, usefulness of outputs) alongside an open-text prompt for improvement priorities, plus role/function/tenure/region segmentation for cross-functional analysis
  • Automatically scores response quality and generates a report, so results on forecasting gaps and planning bottlenecks are ready for review without manual tallying

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