Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design systems and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.

“Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design systems and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.” is a task performed by Software Developers. Among the occupation's 19 rated tasks, workers place it 16th by importance (#4 most important). About 93% 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.

• Communicate with others about specifications or project details. in Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task 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 1.00. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Monitor functioning of equipment to ensure system operates in conformance with specifications. · importance 4.1
• Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints. · importance 4.1
• Develop or direct software system testing or validation procedures, programming, or documentation. · importance 3.9
• Coordinate installation of software system. · importance 3.8
• Modify existing software to correct errors, adapt it to new hardware, or upgrade interfaces and improve performance. · importance 3.7
• Prepare reports or correspondence concerning project specifications, activities, or status. · importance 3.7
• Analyze information to determine, recommend, and plan installation of a new system or modification of an existing system. · importance 3.6
• Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements. · importance 3.6
• Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design. · importance 3.6
• Determine system performance standards. · importance 3.5
• Supervise the work of programmers, technologists and technicians and other engineering and scientific personnel. · importance 3.5
• Consult with customers or other departments on project status, proposals, or technical issues, such as software system design or maintenance. · importance 3.4
• Confer with data processing or project managers to obtain information on limitations or capabilities for data processing projects. · importance 3.3
• Supervise and assign work to programmers, designers, technologists, technicians, or other engineering or scientific personnel. · importance 3.1

See all tasks on the Software Developers 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-21664,
  title  = {Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design systems and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.},
  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-21664}
}