According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope. | 89% |
| Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems. | 87% |
| Monitor or track project milestones and deliverables. | 85% |
| Submit project deliverables, ensuring adherence to quality standards. | 85% |
| Assess current or future customer needs and priorities by communicating directly with customers, conducting surveys, or other methods. | 84% |
| Initiate, review, or approve modifications to project plans. | 84% |
| Schedule and facilitate meetings related to information technology projects. | 83% |
| Direct or coordinate activities of project personnel. | 81% |
| Develop implementation plans that include analyses such as cost-benefit or return on investment (ROI). | 81% |
| Identify need for initial or supplemental project resources. | 81% |
| Develop or update project plans for information technology projects including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing. | 81% |
| Perform risk assessments to develop response strategies. | 81% |
| Prepare project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends. | 80% |
| Identify, review, or select vendors or consultants to meet project needs. | 79% |
| Develop and manage annual budgets for information technology projects. | 79% |
| Establish and execute a project communication plan. | 78% |
| Develop and manage work breakdown structure (WBS) of information technology projects. | 78% |
| Monitor the performance of project team members, providing and documenting performance feedback. | 77% |
| Coordinate recruitment or selection of project personnel. | 77% |
| Assign duties, responsibilities, and spans of authority to project personnel. | 75% |
| Negotiate with project stakeholders or suppliers to obtain resources or materials. | 74% |
