💡 After creating your JTA, you'll land in the JTA authoring view on the "1 — Tasks & Domains" tab. The numbered tabs across the top show your path: 1 — Tasks & Domains → 2 — Blueprint Preview. The Advanced tabs (Survey, Analysis) are optional stops covered separately.
❓ 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.
4.1 Choose your path for adding tasks. You'll see three options in the toolbar:
- ✨ Generate Tasks with AI: AI drafts a task list based on your Job/Role Description. Best for starting from scratch.
- + Create Task: Write tasks manually, one at a time.
- Import Tasks: (upper-right): Bring in tasks and domains from a file if you already have a JTA documented elsewhere. Download the sample file from the import modal to match the required format.
❓ Why use AI to generate tasks instead of writing them manually?
AI generation gives you a structured starting point based on your Job/Role Description, which saves time and reduces blank-page paralysis. The output still needs human review — a psychometrician or SME should validate that the tasks reflect the real job. It's a first draft, not a finished product.
⚠️ The "✨ Generate Tasks with AI" button is only enabled when there are no existing tasks or domains. If tasks already exist, you'll need to delete them before the button becomes available again.
💡 Need to revisit your Job/Role Description before generating? Click the "Job/Role" button in the header — the quality of your description directly shapes the quality of the AI's tasks.
4.2 Once tasks are in, review and refine them: edit wording, remove anything that doesn't reflect the real job, and add anything missing.
4.3 Use the view toggles as needed:
- Group by Domain: Organizes the view by domain rather than a flat task list.
- Show Deleted: review or reference tasks that were removed
❓ What's the difference between a task and a domain?
A task is a single, discrete thing a person does on the job ("Configure user access permissions"). A domain is the bucket that related tasks roll up into ("Security & Access Management"). Domains become the organizational skeleton for your blueprint topics — so grouping tasks well here pays off in the next step.
4.4 When your tasks and domains are in good shape, click the "2 — Blueprint Preview" tab to move to the next step.
💡 The ⚙️ gear icon in the upper-right opens Advanced Settings for additional configuration — covered in the JTA Settings deep-dive page. The Survey and Analysis tabs under Advanced are for SME validation of your tasks, covered in the Survey & Analysis deep-dive.
Next step → Step 5: Blueprint Preview & Publishing
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