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Discovery Questions That Resonate with Project Managers & Ops Leads in Tech

Summary:

For Project Managers and Ops Leads in fast-moving SaaS companies, success hinges on delivering projects on time, ensuring team alignment, and scaling processes without chaos. Your discovery questions should surface pain points around collaboration, visibility, and process gaps while positioning your Productivity SaaS as the solution to drive seamless execution.

Here’s a set of 30 tailored discovery questions to guide high-impact conversations.

1. Project Planning and Delivery Challenges

  1. What’s the biggest challenge your team faces in keeping projects on track?
  2. How often do you experience missed deadlines due to unforeseen bottlenecks?
  3. Are your current tools giving you the visibility you need across projects?
  4. How do you currently track progress and flag potential delays?
  5. If you could eliminate one recurring issue in project delivery, what would it be?

2. Team Collaboration and Communication

  1. How are teams currently collaborating across functions (engineering, product, design, etc.)?
  2. Where do handoffs between teams tend to break down?
  3. How do you ensure all stakeholders stay updated as priorities shift?
  4. Are communication gaps ever causing rework or wasted effort?
  5. What tools or processes do you rely on to keep everyone aligned?

3. Workflow Optimization and Automation

  1. What manual processes are slowing your team down right now?
  2. Are there repetitive workflows you wish you could automate?
  3. How much time do project managers spend updating stakeholders vs. driving outcomes?
  4. Where do you see opportunities to simplify day-to-day operations?
  5. How do you ensure consistent workflows across multiple teams or projects?

4. Resource Management and Scaling

  1. How do you prioritize resources across competing initiatives?
  2. Are there challenges in balancing workloads across teams?
  3. What’s your process for onboarding new team members into active projects?
  4. As your team grows, how are you maintaining operational consistency?
  5. How confident are you in your ability to scale project delivery without adding complexity?

5. Metrics, Reporting, and Decision-Making

  1. What are your most critical KPIs for measuring project success?
  2. How do you currently report on project progress to senior leadership?
  3. Are you able to identify risks early enough to mitigate them effectively?
  4. Where do you see gaps in your reporting or data consolidation?
  5. If you could track one additional metric in real-time, what would it be?

6. Future-Readiness and Process Evolution

  1. Are legacy tools or ad-hoc processes limiting your team’s agility?
  2. How do you plan for unexpected changes in scope or priorities?
  3. What’s your vision for an ideal project management workflow?
  4. How do you evaluate new tools for fit within your operations stack?
  5. If you could solve one operational challenge this quarter, what would it be?

How Pepsales AI Helps

Pepsales AI helps sales teams ask the right questions, faster. It delivers intelligent, role-specific, and industry-aware discovery questions in real time tailored to the context of each deal.

What it delivers:

  • A library of proven questions per industry, persona, and product
  • Smart prompts that adapt to buyer role, objections, and stage
  • Embedded coaching and insights to guide better conversations
  • Automation of discovery prep, no more guesswork

Whether you’re prepping for a demo or coaching new reps, Pepsales AI ensures every conversation starts strong and gets to the real need, fast.

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