Project management surveys

Project manager's learning and on-line usage pattern survey

Project managers and project management service providers need a common ground to meet and interact both online and offline in order for both to grow professionally. In order to facilitate such a networking between the two communities, knowledge of learning and online usage pattern of project managers can be of great help.

We are trying to collect this information and please answer this very short survey and freely download a white paper on Estimation methodology at the end of the survey.

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1. How much time do you spend per week on twitter?

Zero. I don’t have a twitter account at all

Little. I look at twitter very occasionally

Regular. I spend 1 hr on Twitter per week at least

I live by twitter. I spend at least 15 mins on twitter everyday

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Question 2 of 15

2. How much time do you spend per week on facebook?

Zero. I don’t have a Facebook account at all

Little. I look at Facebook very occasionally

Regular. I spend 1 hr on Facebook per week at least

I live by Facebook. I spend at least 15 mins on FB every day

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3. Can you name the top 5 websites (Any websites, not necessarily related to your profession) that you visit regularly apart from google and social media sites?
Please list them in the text box below

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4. How often do you search google for project management related information?

Rare. I just use the organization’s guidelines and templates

Occasionally. Whenever I have a crisis in the project, I visit Google

Regularly. I spend at least 1 – 2 hrs a week on google reading estimation, requirements, agile, PMP and other project management related stuff

I live by it. I constantly update my project management knowledge through google everyday

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5. How willing are you to participate in external training program if it can help you stabilize requirements in your project?

I think project management trainings are good in theory but don’t work in practice. I am not interested.

I am willing to take a look at the training content and faculty

I would definitely ask my company to sponsor me for that program

I am willing to pay from my pocket and attend the training if I am convinced that the training can help me

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Question 6 of 15

6. How willing are you to participate in an external training program if it can drastically increase the accuracy of your estimation and make you more confident of your estimates?

I don’t believe any training program can help me in that

I am willing to take a look at the training content and faculty

I would definitely ask my company to sponsor me for that program

I am willing to pay from my pocket and attend the training if I am convinced that the training can help me

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Question 7 of 15

7. How willing are you to participate in external training program if it can help you draft a practically usable MS Project schedule and reduce schedule overruns?

I don’t believe any training program can help me in that

I am willing to take a look at the training content and faculty

I would definitely ask my company to sponsor me for that program

I am willing to pay from my pocket and attend the training if I am convinced that the training can help me

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Question 8 of 15

8. What are the top 5 project management related websites that you visit often?
Please list them in the text box below (Note: Any website that has project management related content):

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Question 9 of 15

9. How often do you use LinkedIn?

Never. I don't even have a profile on LinkedIn

Rarely. Say, once in few months

Often - I visit LinkedIn regularly, say once in a week and update connection requests, look at posts etc.

Regular - I visit LilnkedIn almost every day and use it for a variety of purposes.

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10. What do you use LinkedIn for? Please tick all the options that apply.

Profile maintenance, network building and routine

Read LinkedIn posts, respond to it if interesting

Participate in LinkedIn groups and group discussions

To seek jobs or business opportunities

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Question 11 of 15

11. We are 75% done. Just this and two more questions!

What is the most important driving factor for you to attend a project management seminar or a training?

Certification and resume value

Practical utility in day to day work

Knowledge improvement

Need a day out and what's better than learning and relaxing?

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Question 12 of 15

12. In case your organization offers project management related training, what would make you look outside your organization for project management training?
Please list top 5 topics or subjects not handled by your organization:

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13. Can you list the top 3 challenges that you face in day-to-day project management?
Please list them below:

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14. Hurray!! We are done with the questions. Just couple of more data about the background of the respondent and we are completely done!!

Please choose the project type that you are working on. Check all the options that apply.

I am an IT project manager

I am an ITES / BPO project manager

I am a project manager in the construction industry

I am a project manager of IT infrastructure projects

I am a manager of other type of projects

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Question 15 of 15

15. This is the last question of the survey.

Please choose your experience level.

0 to 5 years of total industry experience

5 to 10 years of total industry experience

10 to 14 years of total industry experience

More than 14 years total industry experience

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