Who We Surveyed

Three-fourths of the respondents to Baseline’s 2005 survey on project spending are technology executives, and the rest are their counterparts on the business side. Nearly half of those surveyed (49%) have a vice president or executive VP title; 19% are directors of I.T. or project management; and 5% are CIOs. The top three industry sectors represented are government, manufacturing and financial services.

Industry Sector
Government – 13.4%
Manufacturing – 11.5
Financial services – 10.3
I.T. consulting – 9.9
Health care – 8.3
Education – 6.0
Insurance/Real estate/Legal – 5.9
Retail – 5.9
Other – 28.8

Job Title

I.T. Management – % of Respondents
VP, project management – 25.0%
Director, I.T./IS – 15.0
Executive or Senior VP, I.T./IS – 12.2
CIO – 5.2
Director, project management – 3.9
VP, I.T./IS – 2.8
CTO – 1.3
Other I.T. title – 8.9

Corporate Management – % of Respondents
Executive or Senior VP/General manager – 6.6%
CEO/COO/President – 2.9
VP, operations/administration/purchasing – 2.6
CFO – 1.5
Other management title – 12.1

25% of our survey respondents are VPs of project management

42% job title work for companies with more than 10,000 employees company size