Develop or update project plans for information technology projects including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing.

“Develop or update project plans for information technology projects including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing.” is a core task performed by Information Technology Project Managers. Among the occupation's 21 rated tasks, workers place it 12th by importance (#10 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.

• Plan work activities. in Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work

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.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.013% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 75% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: task iteration
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.6 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 92% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

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
• Identify need for initial or supplemental project resources. · importance 4.0
• Develop implementation plans that include analyses such as cost-benefit or return on investment (ROI). · 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
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

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  title  = {Develop or update project plans for information technology projects including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-16170}
}