Question $2$: $[5$ Marks$]$

The rural and urban transformation department of the ministry of Urban Development has decided to setup an urban$/$rural transformation center in which all the government services will be fully automated. The department is working on successful business$/$IT alignment by developing and sustaining a mutually cooperative relationship between IT and business.

Here is the description of their current state: "There is evidence that the organization recognizes the need to align business and IT strategy. However, there are no standard processes. There are fragmented attempts, often on a case by case basis within business individual business units.

Based on the description:

a$.$ Identify the stage in the IT$/$Business alignment maturity model that the department is currently in$.[2$ Marks$]$