Building information modelling consultant to ICT business development manager
A building information modelling consultant already meets 16% of what the ICT business development manager role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
79.3/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT business development manager is expected to do is already part of a building information modelling consultant’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the ICT business development manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An ICT business development manager role treats 3 of its required skills as things a building information modelling consultant already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse business requirements
- business ICT systems
- business processes
What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT business development manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a building information modelling consultant background worth leading with.
- already held business ICT systems information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held business processes business, administration and law
- already held analyse business requirements information skills
- already held business process modelling business, administration and law
All 4 carried skills, including the 3 the ICT business development manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 28 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn collect customer feedback on applications required
- still to learn interpret current data required
- still to learn monitor technology trends required
- still to learn perform business analysis required
- still to learn perform market research required
- still to learn seek innovation in current practices required
- still to learn ICT market required
- still to learn innovation processes required
- still to learn business strategy concepts required
- optional, not held ICT capacity planning strategies optional
- optional, not held business requirements techniques optional
- optional, not held crowdsourcing strategy optional
- optional, not held insourcing strategy optional
- optional, not held investment analysis optional
- optional, not held outsourcing strategy optional
- optional, not held sales argumentation optional
- optional, not held business intelligence optional
- still to learn innovate in ICT required
- still to learn give live presentation required
- optional, not held build business relationships optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- still to learn decision support systems required
- optional, not held information extraction optional
- still to learn identify new business opportunities required
- optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
- optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an ICT business development manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 4 skills that carry over
- already held analyse business requirements skill
- already held business ICT systems knowledge
- already held business processes knowledge
- already held business process modelling knowledge
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ICT capacity planning strategies optional
- optional, not held business requirements techniques optional
- optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
- optional, not held crowdsourcing strategy optional
- optional, not held information extraction optional
- optional, not held insourcing strategy optional
- optional, not held investment analysis optional
- optional, not held outsourcing strategy optional
- optional, not held sales argumentation optional
- optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
- optional, not held build business relationships optional
- optional, not held business intelligence optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
11 held skills the ICT business development manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role building information modelling knowledge
- not needed by the target role business analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with customer service department skill
- not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role improve customer interaction skill
- not needed by the target role information architecture knowledge
- not needed by the target role interpret business information skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role write technical reports skill
14 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn ICT market required
- still to learn decision support systems required
- still to learn innovation processes required
- still to learn business strategy concepts required
- optional, not held ICT capacity planning strategies optional
- optional, not held business requirements techniques optional
- optional, not held crowdsourcing strategy optional
- optional, not held information extraction optional
- optional, not held insourcing strategy optional
- optional, not held investment analysis optional
- optional, not held outsourcing strategy optional
- optional, not held sales argumentation optional
- optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
- optional, not held business intelligence optional
Common questions about this move
Can a building information modelling consultant become an ICT business development manager?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A building information modelling consultant already covers 16% of what an ICT business development manager is expected to do: 4 skills carry over, 3 of which the ICT business development manager role treats as required.
What skills does a building information modelling consultant need to become an ICT business development manager?
13 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is ICT market.
How hard is the move from building information modelling consultant to ICT business development manager?
Its learning distance is 79.3 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.