Which best describes your current stage with our product?
- Completed POC and purchased
- Completed POC; decision pending
- Completed POC and did not purchase
- POC in progress
- Planning a POC
- Evaluated without a POC
- Exploratory only
What was the primary goal of the POC?
- Validate technical fit and integration
- Prove priority use cases
- Assess performance at scale
- Validate security and compliance
- Evaluate usability and end‑user adoption
- Quantify ROI or business value
In one sentence, how did you define POC success?
Max 100 chars
How would you rate the quality of these POC elements?
| Rows | Very poor | Poor | Fair | Good | Excellent |
|---|
| Success criteria were clearly defined | • | • | • | • | • |
| Scope was realistic for the timeline | • | • | • | • | • |
| Access to required data/systems was adequate | • | • | • | • | • |
| Stakeholders were aligned | • | • | • | • | • |
| Executive sponsorship was in place | • | • | • | • | • |
| Trial/test environment was stable | • | • | • | • | • |
| Guidance and documentation were clear | • | • | • | • | • |
Which activities were included in the POC?
- Joint kickoff and success plan
- Connection to sample or production data
- Custom demo or prototype
- Hands‑on pilot with end users
- Performance or load testing
- Security or compliance review
- ROI or business value modeling
- Executive readout
Approximately how many weeks did or will the POC run?
Accepts a numeric value
Whole numbers only
About how many days until first meaningful value was observed?
Accepts a numeric value
Whole numbers only
Attention check: Please select “I am paying attention.”
- I am paying attention
- I am not paying attention
- Unsure
Overall, how successful was the POC against your goals?
Scale: 10 (star)
Min: Fell shortMax: Exceeded goals
How likely is your organization to move forward with a purchase based on the POC?
Range: 1 – 10
Min: Very unlikelyMid: NeutralMax: Very likely
What best describes the outcome to date?
- Purchased
- Purchase planned (≤3 months)
- Deferred (>3 months)
- Still evaluating
- Did not move forward
Rank the decision drivers for this POC outcome (1 = most influential).
Drag to order (top = most important)
- Technical fit
- Time to value
- Ease of integration
- Security and compliance confidence
- Total cost of ownership
- Vendor responsiveness and support
Which, if any, barriers made the POC harder to complete or convert?
- Limited access to data or systems
- Unrealistic scope or timeline
- Environment setup complexity
- Internal resourcing constraints
- Stakeholder misalignment
- Pricing or budget constraints
- Security/legal review delays
- Feature gaps
- Performance or reliability issues
- Value not sufficiently demonstrated
What is your next step after this POC?
- Expand pilot or user rollout
- Finalize budget
- Validate additional features
- Proceed to legal/procurement
- Build internal business case
- No next step planned
What is your primary role?
- Executive/VP
- Director
- Manager
- Individual contributor
- Consultant/Advisor
- Other
- Prefer not to say
What is your organization’s industry?
- Technology/Software
- Financial services
- Healthcare
- Manufacturing
- Retail/CPG
- Telecom/Media
- Public sector/Nonprofit
- Education
- Energy/Utilities
- Other
Approximately how many employees are in your organization?
- 1–49
- 50–249
- 250–999
- 1,000–4,999
- 5,000+
- Prefer not to say
Where is your organization primarily located?
- North America
- Latin America
- Europe
- Middle East
- Africa
- Asia
- Oceania
- Prefer not to say
What was your role in this POC?
- Decision maker
- Evaluator/Influencer
- Project sponsor
- Technical lead/Engineer
- Procurement/Legal
- End user
- Other
- Prefer not to say
What one change would have most improved conversion from the POC?
Max 600 chars
AI Interview: 2 Follow-up Questions on your POC experience
AI InterviewLength: 2Personality: Expert InterviewerMode: Fast Thank you for your time—your input will help us improve future POCs!