Product Management Survey

First and last name:
Title:
Email address:
Phone number:
Company Name:
What department do your organization's product managers reside in?:	Product Development or Engineering Product Managment Dept. Marketing Sales Operations Other - Please describe:
What title is used for your organization's product managers?:	Product Manager Product Marketing Manager Brand Manager Other - Please describe:
To whom do your product managers report to?:	Manager Director VP Senior VP CEO Other - Please describe:
What is the average tenure of your product managers? (Years):
What % of your product managers have sales experience?:
What is the average number of products managed per product manager?:
What is the total number of product managers in your organization?:
Product manager responsibilities. Please check all that apply to your organization's product management function
Document product requirements:
Research market needs:
Prepare business plans:
Provide sales support:
Develop and update product roadmap:
Support trade shows:
Monitor development projects:
Train sales people:
Write product data sheet:
Author white papers and position papers:
Customer complaint resolution:
Competitive analysis:
Participate in discount decisions:
Win/loss analysis:
Beta program management:
Development and updating of product pricing:
Organize and facilitate focus groups:
Please describe in the box below any other responsibilities that your product managers have that were not listed above
Other responsibilities:
Please describe below the set of activities that, on average, consume 80% of your product manager's time
Activities that take 80 percent of time:
Number of regularly scheduled meeting attended weekly:
Average number of unplanned meetings attended weekly:
Excluding sales support, what is the average number of hours your product managers spend with customer per week:
In your organization, is the role of product management considered a career position or a short term step to a better position?:	Career Short Term Step
Please describe the software tools that you organization uses to facilitate the product management function, e.g. collaboration tools, knowledge management tools, workflow tools, etc.
Describe tools:
Describe in this box your biggest product management challenges.
Biggest challenges:
Describe in this box your product management practices that you consider as best-in-class.
Best practices:
Describe in this box any other comments you have regarding your organization's product management function.
Other comments:

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