Identify need for initial or supplemental project resources.

“Identify need for initial or supplemental project resources.” is a core task performed by Information Technology Project Managers. Among the occupation's 21 rated tasks, workers place it 11th by importance (#11 most important). About 100% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Determine resource needs of projects or operations. in Making Decisions and Solving Problems

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T2.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope. · importance 4.5
• Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems. · importance 4.4
• Monitor or track project milestones and deliverables. · importance 4.3
• Submit project deliverables, ensuring adherence to quality standards. · importance 4.3
• Assess current or future customer needs and priorities by communicating directly with customers, conducting surveys, or other methods. · importance 4.2
• Initiate, review, or approve modifications to project plans. · importance 4.2
• Schedule and facilitate meetings related to information technology projects. · importance 4.2
• Direct or coordinate activities of project personnel. · importance 4.1
• Perform risk assessments to develop response strategies. · importance 4.0
• Develop implementation plans that include analyses such as cost-benefit or return on investment (ROI). · importance 4.0
• Develop or update project plans for information technology projects including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing. · importance 4.0
• Prepare project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends. · importance 4.0
• Identify, review, or select vendors or consultants to meet project needs. · importance 4.0
• Develop and manage annual budgets for information technology projects. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Information Technology Project Managers page.

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-task-16162,
  title  = {Identify need for initial or supplemental project resources.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-16162}
}