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Determine resource needs of projects or operations

Work activity · O*NET

Determine resource needs of projects or operations is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Making Decisions and Solving Problems. 77 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Estimate technical or resource requirements for development or production projects
  • Calculate specific material, equipment, or labor requirements for production
  • Determine resource needs
  • Determine types of equipment, tools, or materials needed for jobs
  • Estimate materials requirements for projects
  • Identify information technology project resource requirements
  • Estimate construction project labor requirements
  • Estimate labor requirements

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 92.9% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 23.5% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 73.1% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 66th pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Architectural and Civil Drafters 3
Geothermal Technicians 3
Medical Equipment Repairers 3
Solar Energy Installation Managers 3
Supply Chain Managers 3
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 2
Electrical Engineers 2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 2
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 2
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 2
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 2
Food Service Managers 2
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists 2
Manufacturing Engineers 2
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 2
Roofers 2
Tile and Stone Setters 2
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians 1
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers 1
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 1
Biofuels Processing Technicians 1
Biomass Plant Technicians 1
Brickmasons and Blockmasons 1
Butchers and Meat Cutters 1
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 1
Carpet Installers 1
Chefs and Head Cooks 1
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders 1
Chemical Plant and System Operators 1
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 1
Civil Engineers 1
Compensation and Benefits Managers 1
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 1
Computer Systems Analysts 1
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 1
Computer and Information Systems Managers 1
Construction Managers 1
Cooks, Restaurant 1
Dietetic Technicians 1
Digital Forensics Analysts 1

Showing 40 of 77 occupations.

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 40 occupations in occupations that perform Determine resource needs of projects or operations.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Roofers Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers Brickmasons and Blockmasons Tile and Stone Setters Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters Chemical Plant and System Operators Biomass Plant Technicians Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders Geothermal Technicians Butchers and Meat Cutters Cooks, Restaurant Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Chefs and Head Cooks First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Food Service Managers First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare Electrical Engineers Compensation and Benefits Managers Civil Engineers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Determine resource needs of projects or operations., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Determine resource needs of projects or operations." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/determine-resource-needs-of-projects-or-operations

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Determine resource needs of projects or operations. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/determine-resource-needs-of-projects-or-operations

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-determine-resource-needs-of-projects-or-operations,
  title  = {Determine resource needs of projects or operations},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/determine-resource-needs-of-projects-or-operations}
}

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