Where an ICT business analyst can go next
11 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an ICT business analyst already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
ICT business analysts are in charge of analysing and designing an organisation's processes and systems, assessing the business model and its integration with technology. They also identify change needs, assess the impact of the change, capture and document requirements and then ensure that these requirements are delivered whilst supporting the business through the implementation process.
Also known as requirement engineer, business process specialist, IT business analyst, ICT business analysts.
Professionals 37 skills on file 11 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: ICT business analysis manager, 48%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
- ICT business analysis manager 48% covered · difficulty 55.6
- ICT business development manager 36% covered · difficulty 62.1
- ICT consultant 25% covered · difficulty 76.5
- telecommunications analyst 25% covered · difficulty 77.4
- ICT information and knowledge manager 23% covered · difficulty 79.8
- eBusiness manager 21% covered · difficulty 80.1
- artificial intelligence engineer 20% covered · difficulty 86
- building information modelling consultant 20% covered · difficulty 66.2
- ICT resilience manager 18% covered · difficulty 82
- knowledge engineer 17% covered · difficulty 87.9
- ICT product manager 17% covered · difficulty 84.3
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An ICT business analyst needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- product usage risks analysis services
- create business process models management skills
- business requirements techniques business, administration and law
- analyse the context of an organisation information skills
- propose ICT solutions to business problems communication, collaboration and creativity
- interact with users to gather requirements communication, collaboration and creativity
- translate requirements into visual design communication, collaboration and creativity
- identify legal requirements information skills
- identify customer requirements information skills
- legal requirements of ICT products business, administration and law
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an ICT business analyst does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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ICT business analyst is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an ICT business analyst’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.