💡 You've selected "Start with a new JTA" from the Create Blueprint screen. The form you're about to fill combines blueprint information and job role information in one place. Completing it creates both the JTA and the blueprint shell it powers.
❓ What is a JTA and why do I need one?
A Job Task Analysis documents what a minimally qualified person actually does in the job role your exam certifies. Every exam question will eventually trace back to a task in this analysis — it's what makes your exam defensible rather than just a quiz. Think of it as the evidence file that proves your exam measures something real.
Filling Out the Form
The creation form has two sections: Exam Blueprint Info and Job/Role Information:
3.1 Exam Blueprint Info
- Exam Blueprint Name (Required): Name your blueprint after the credential or exam program (e.g., "Certified Cloud Practitioner – Associate"). This name identifies the JTA throughout the system and in reports.
- Assessment Level (Required): Select the level of the exam (e.g., Entry). It's shown to SMEs as a reference during item writing, to help them target the right difficulty.
- Exam Duration (Required): The intended length of the exam. It's used to set the number of items per form, so estimate realistically.
3.2 Job/Role Information
- Job/Role Title (Required): The title of the role this exam certifies (e.g., "Cloud Support Engineer"). It represents a person who meets the essential qualifications needed to perform the job, so name it after the job, not the exam.
- Job/Role Description (Required): Describe the role this JTA analyzes. Be specific: what does a minimally qualified person in this role actually do day to day? The description can be thorough and detailed, and SMEs can refer to it during every phase of exam development.
❓ Why does the Job/Role Description matter so much?
This description feeds the AI's task generation and shapes everything downstream — tasks, topics, and eventually items. A vague description ("works with computers") produces vague tasks; a specific one ("provisions and troubleshoots cloud infrastructure, responds to service incidents, manages user access") gives the AI and your SMEs real material to work from. Spend the extra five minutes here — it pays off through the whole process.
💡 AI can suggest a job role description if you're unsure where to start — you can edit and refine whatever it generates.
- Not sure how to describe the role? Click the ✨ Write an AI-Assisted Job/Role button to the right of the Job/Role Title field. An AI chat window opens and may ask follow-up questions, such as the level of independence, which business functions the role covers, any emphasis on ethics, privacy, or compliance, and what the role is not expected to do. Answer them, and the AI drafts a structured description that includes Knowledge or Skills, Typical Background or Experience, and Limitations.
3.3 Review the generated description and edit it to match the reality of the role. That way, the AI gives you a starting point, not a finished answer.
❓ Should I use the AI or write the description myself?
If you know the role well, writing it yourself is often faster and more precise. The AI assist shines when you're documenting a role outside your own expertise or facing blank-page paralysis. Either way, the description should be validated by someone who actually knows the job — it drives task generation and everything downstream.
3.4 Complete all required fields. The Create button, at the bottom of the form, stays disabled until every required field is filled in. Click Create to create your JTA and link it to your new blueprint.
What Happens Next
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After you click Create, you'll land on the JTA workspace's Tasks & Domains tab, with the blueprint's status showing as Authoring. A Generate tasks & domains with AI prompt appears: choose Generate with AI to have the platform draft tasks and domains from your Job/Role Description, or Not now to write or import them yourself.
❓ Why create tasks in the first place?
Tasks are the backbone of the exam — they describe what a minimally qualified person actually does on the job. Every exam question will eventually trace back to one of these tasks, so the more accurate and representative they are, the more defensible the exam is. Think of them as the job description that the test is built to measure.
💡 From here, the process continues as before: develop and refine tasks, optionally run an SME survey, publish the JTA, and finalize your blueprint topics and weights. See the following articles for each stage.
Next step → Step 4: Creating & Generating Tasks (Tasks & Domains)
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