Assess developer readiness, tooling and instrumentation plans for OpenTelemetry (OTel). Customize this template to identify adoption blockers and prioritize.
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Sample Survey Items
Q1
Multiple Choice
Which best describes your primary role?
Backend developer
Frontend developer
Full‑stack developer
Site Reliability Engineer / DevOps
Data/ML engineer
QA/Testing engineer
Software architect / Tech lead
Platform engineer
Other (please specify)
Q2
Multiple Choice
Where do your production workloads run today? (Select all that apply.)
Kubernetes
Serverless (e.g., AWS Lambda, Azure Functions)
Containers without an orchestrator
Virtual machines (VMs)
Bare metal
PaaS (e.g., Heroku, App Engine)
On‑premises data center
Hybrid or multi‑cloud
Q3
Multiple Choice
Which observability tools have you used in the last 6 months? (Select all that apply.)
Prometheus
Grafana
Jaeger
OpenTelemetry SDK
OpenTelemetry Collector
Elastic APM
Datadog
New Relic
Splunk Observability
AWS X‑Ray
Azure Monitor
Google Cloud Operations Suite
None of the above
Other (please specify)
Q4
Opinion Scale
How familiar are you with OpenTelemetry concepts and components?
Range: 1 – 10
Min: Not familiarMid: Moderately familiarMax: Very familiar
Q5
Multiple Choice
Which OpenTelemetry components or capabilities are you using today, if any? (Select all that apply.)
OTel SDKs (language libraries)
OTel Collector (any deployment)
OTLP export protocol
Auto‑instrumentation
Manual instrumentation
Semantic conventions
Sampling configuration (e.g., tail‑based)
Not using OTel yet
Q6
Multiple Choice
What are the biggest blockers to adopting or expanding OTel in your organization? (Select all that apply.)
Limited time or competing priorities
Unclear ROI / benefits
Learning curve or lack of expertise
Language or framework gaps
Lack of organizational buy‑in
Tooling or integration maturity
Data volume or storage cost concerns
Performance overhead concerns
Security/PII/governance concerns
We’re satisfied with current vendor tooling
No need identified yet
Other (please specify)
Q7
Multiple Choice
Which best describes your organization’s current OpenTelemetry adoption?
Not considering
Evaluating
Piloting in one or a few services
In limited production
Broad production across services
Q8
Numeric
Approximately what percentage of your services are instrumented with OTel today?
Accepts a numeric value
Whole numbers only
Q9
Constant Sum
Allocate 100 points to the outcomes you most want from OTel.
Total must equal 100
Faster incident detection and response
Better root‑cause analysis
Cross‑service traceability
Standardized telemetry across teams
Vendor portability / avoiding lock‑in
Cost control and optimization
Improved application performance
Security/compliance visibility
Other
Min per option: 0Whole numbers only
Q10
Ranking
Rank the biggest challenges for an org‑wide OTel rollout (top = biggest).
Drag to order (top = most important)
Instrumenting legacy services
Defining consistent semantic conventions
Choosing sampling and retention strategies
Managing data and storage costs
Training developers and SREs
Securing telemetry pipelines and access
Q11
Matrix
How helpful would each of the following be for your OTel adoption?
Rows
Not helpful
Slightly helpful
Moderately helpful
Very helpful
Extremely helpful
Reference architectures by environment (K8s, serverless, VMs)
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Step‑by‑step deployment guides for my stack
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Language‑specific samples and patterns
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Collector pipeline recipes (processors/exporters)
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Semantic conventions guidance
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SLO/KPI examples and dashboards
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Cost management best practices
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Q12
Multiple Choice
Which areas are your next targets for OTel in the next 6 months? (Select all that apply.)
Java services
Node.js services
Python services
Go services
.NET services
Mobile apps (iOS/Android)
Browser RUM
Databases
Message brokers/streaming (e.g., Kafka)
Serverless functions
Batch/ETL workloads
Other (please specify)
Q13
Rating
How likely are you to adopt or expand OTel in the next 6 months?
Scale: 10 (star)
Min: Very unlikelyMax: Very likely
Q14
Multiple Choice
Attention check: To confirm you’re paying attention, please select “Agree.”
Agree
Disagree
Prefer not to answer
Q15
Multiple Choice
How many years of professional software development experience do you have?
0–1
2–4
5–9
10–14
15+
Prefer not to say
Q16
Multiple Choice
Where are you primarily based?
North America
Europe
Asia‑Pacific
Latin America
Middle East
Africa
Other (please specify)
Prefer not to say
Q17
Multiple Choice
Approximately how many employees are in your organization?
1–10
11–50
51–200
201–1,000
1,001–5,000
5,001–10,000
10,001+
Prefer not to say
Q18
Multiple Choice
What is your primary programming language for services you work on today?
Java
JavaScript/TypeScript
Python
Go
C/.NET
C/C++
Ruby
PHP
Rust
Other (please specify)
Prefer not to say
Q19
Long Text
If you could change one thing about OTel or its ecosystem, what would it be?
Max 600 chars
Q20
Chat Message
Welcome! This brief survey takes about 6–8 minutes. Please answer based on your current work. Your responses are anonymous.
Q21
AI Interview
AI Interview: 2 Follow-up Questions on OpenTelemetry
AI InterviewLength: 2Personality: Expert InterviewerMode: Fast
Q22
Chat Message
Thank you for participating! Your feedback will help improve OpenTelemetry and its ecosystem.
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