PDMA Atlanta Chapter Member Survey

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* 2. What is your primary job role or functions? Select all that apply.

Engineering & Technical Design

Product Management

Product Manufacturing

Sales & Product Marketing

Installation, Implementation and Support Services

Education (Academics, Students, Educational Consultant)

Service Providers (Design and architecture services, best practices consulting, software tools)

Financial and Legal

Other (please specify)

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* 3. What category of products you work with?

Mechanical

Electronic

Software

Electronic & Software (not considering firmware)

Financial (insurance, banking)

Biotech

Service Product

Other (please specify)

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* 4. In relation to products, what level of influence are you associated with?

Executive

Director

Manager

Designer/Developer

Academic Educator

Consultant

Beginner or Student

Other (please specify)

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* 5. What industry sector you work with?

Automotive

Construction

Enterprise Software

Energy Equipment & Services

Food & Beverage

Health Care

Industrial Machinery

Information Technology

Medical Devices

Retail

Telecommunications

Supply Chain & Transportation

Financial Products

Consulting & Training Services

Other (please specify)

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* 6. What events would you prefer PDMA organizes for the Atlanta chapter? Select all that apply.

Meet-and-great networking events with brief chapter message and updates

Keynote speakers presenting relevant specific topics

Vendor presentation of solutions and use-cases

PDMA half-day and full day workshops (Product Management Skills)

New Product Development Professional (NPDP) certification training events

Virtual events about specific PDMA topics

Other (please specify)

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* 7. What topics do you consider important to execute your function? Select all that apply.

A) Product Strategy (goals, direction, success criteria, etc.)

B) Portfolio management (new products, enhancements, new features)

C) New product processes (concept, develop, manufacture, launch)

D) Product life cycle management (processes, in-market performance, sustainability, end-of-life plan)

E) Organizational structure, culture and teams

F) Ideation methods (creative process of generation, developing and communicating ideas)

G) Design thinking (practical process to influence product design)

H) Enabling tools and metrics (financial analysis, risk management, forecasting, workflows, etc.)

I) Market research (data to support decision-making, VoC)

J) Patent & Legal aspects of Product Design

K) Risks & Compliance Management

L) Other (please specify)

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* 8. From above, please list the top three topics in order of important for your organization.

Topic #1 (most important)

Topic #2

Topic #3

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* 9. Are you aware of PDMA New Product Development Professional (NPDP) certification?

Yes

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* 10. Is your organization aware of PDMA New Product Development Professional (NPDP) certification?

Yes

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* 11. Are you a certified New Product Development Professional (NPDP)?

Yes

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* 12. If not, are you planning to pursue certification?

Yes

Maybe

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* 13. How would you rank the Product Lifecycle Management capabilities in your organization?

Leading the field

Best practice adopted in most areas

Some processes are implemented

Needs improvements and/or low adoption of PLM methods

What is PLM?

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* 14. What level of importance your organization gives to the following stages of the product or service life cycle?

	Unimportant	Somewhat Important	Very Important	Important
Ideas and innovation management (product, service, or process)	Ideas and innovation management (product, service, or process) Unimportant	Ideas and innovation management (product, service, or process) Somewhat Important	Ideas and innovation management (product, service, or process) Very Important	Ideas and innovation management (product, service, or process) Important
Portfolio management (ideas, innovation, or improvements)	Portfolio management (ideas, innovation, or improvements) Unimportant	Portfolio management (ideas, innovation, or improvements) Somewhat Important	Portfolio management (ideas, innovation, or improvements) Very Important	Portfolio management (ideas, innovation, or improvements) Important
Development (product, service or process)	Development (product, service or process) Unimportant	Development (product, service or process) Somewhat Important	Development (product, service or process) Very Important	Development (product, service or process) Important
In-Market performance (profitability, quality, market share, etc.)	In-Market performance (profitability, quality, market share, etc.) Unimportant	In-Market performance (profitability, quality, market share, etc.) Somewhat Important	In-Market performance (profitability, quality, market share, etc.) Very Important	In-Market performance (profitability, quality, market share, etc.) Important
Sun-Setting (Product, service or process)	Sun-Setting (Product, service or process) Unimportant	Sun-Setting (Product, service or process) Somewhat Important	Sun-Setting (Product, service or process) Very Important	Sun-Setting (Product, service or process) Important

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* 15. Areas of preference for PDMA Atlanta chapter events? (*Skip this question if you live away from Greater Atlanta)

Northern greater Atlanta (Alpharetta, Cobb, Roswell, Johns Creek)

North perimetral (North Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Marietta)

North Atlanta (Brookhaven, Buckhead, Vinings)

Downtown Atlanta (Midtown Atlanta, Georgia Tech)

South Atlanta (College Park, Eagan Park, Forest Park)

Other (please specify)

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* 16. How frequent would you like the events?

Monthly Meet-and-Great and Keynote Speaker events

Bimonthly Meet-and-Great and Keynote Speaker events

Trimestral Meet-and-Great and Keynote Speaker events

Semestral Meet-and-Great and Keynote Speaker events

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* 1. Are you a member of the PDMA?

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* 2. What is your primary job role or functions? Select all that apply.

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* 3. What category of products you work with?

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* 4. In relation to products, what level of influence are you associated with?

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* 5. What industry sector you work with?

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* 6. What events would you prefer PDMA organizes for the Atlanta chapter? Select all that apply.

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* 7. What topics do you consider important to execute your function? Select all that apply.

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* 8. From above, please list the top three topics in order of important for your organization.

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* 9. Are you aware of PDMA New Product Development Professional (NPDP) certification?

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* 10. Is your organization aware of PDMA New Product Development Professional (NPDP) certification?

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* 11. Are you a certified New Product Development Professional (NPDP)?

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* 12. If not, are you planning to pursue certification?

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* 13. How would you rank the Product Lifecycle Management capabilities in your organization?

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* 14. What level of importance your organization gives to the following stages of the product or service life cycle?

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* 15. Areas of preference for PDMA Atlanta chapter events? (*Skip this question if you live away from Greater Atlanta)

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* 16. How frequent would you like the events?