| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Monitor functioning of equipment to ensure system operates in conformance with specifications. | 82% |
| Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints. | 81% |
| Develop or direct software system testing or validation procedures, programming, or documentation. | 78% |
| Coordinate installation of software system. | 75% |
| Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design systems and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces. | 75% |
| Modify existing software to correct errors, adapt it to new hardware, or upgrade interfaces and improve performance. | 74% |
| Prepare reports or correspondence concerning project specifications, activities, or status. | 73% |
| Analyze information to determine, recommend, and plan installation of a new system or modification of an existing system. | 72% |
| Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements. | 71% |
| Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design. | 71% |
| Determine system performance standards. | 70% |
| Supervise the work of programmers, technologists and technicians and other engineering and scientific personnel. | 70% |
| Consult with customers or other departments on project status, proposals, or technical issues, such as software system design or maintenance. | 67% |
| Confer with data processing or project managers to obtain information on limitations or capabilities for data processing projects. | 66% |
| Supervise and assign work to programmers, designers, technologists, technicians, or other engineering or scientific personnel. | 62% |
| Obtain and evaluate information on factors such as reporting formats required, costs, or security needs to determine hardware configuration. | 61% |
| Train users to use new or modified equipment. | 58% |