Table 1Transition record

digital games designertoICT system architect

A digital games designer already meets 44% of what the ICT system architect role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.

From digital games designer

44%

Overlap1

To ICT system architect

48 Skills carried over

17 Required, not held

68.7 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

44%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68.7/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the ICT system architect role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the digital games designer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A ICT system architect role treats 6 of its required skills as things a digital games designer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

analyse business requirements
define technical requirements
hardware platforms
systems development life-cycle
use markup languages
web programming

What stands in the way is 17 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 48 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT system architect role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a digital games designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held hardware platforms information and communication technologies (icts)
already held task algorithmisation information and communication technologies (icts)
already held design process communication, collaboration and creativity
already held web programming information and communication technologies (icts)
already held use markup languages working with computers
already held analyse business requirements information skills

All 48 carried skills, including the 6 the ICT system architect role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 44 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 working with computers 6 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held acquire system component required
required, not held align software with system architectures required
required, not held apply ICT systems theory required
required, not held implement ICT security policies required
required, not held integrate system components required
required, not held use an application-specific interface required

optional, not held develop with cloud services optional
optional, not held plan migration to cloud optional
optional, not held use object-oriented programming optional
optional, not held solve ICT system problems optional

02 information and communication technologies (icts) 4 required, 6 supplementary

required, not held database development tools required
required, not held system design required
required, not held systems theory required
required, not held digital systems required

optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
optional, not held ICT system integration optional
optional, not held ICT system programming optional
optional, not held Oracle WebLogic optional
optional, not held information structure optional
optional, not held image recognition optional

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 6 supplementary

required, not held design enterprise architecture required
required, not held design information system required

optional, not held design cloud architecture optional
optional, not held design database in the cloud optional
optional, not held design database scheme optional
optional, not held design for organisational complexity optional
optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
optional, not held build business relationships optional

04 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held create data models required
required, not held manage database required

optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional

05 business, administration and law 1 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held business process modelling required

optional, not held Agile project management optional
optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
optional, not held Process-based management optional
optional, not held lean project management optional

06 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held assess ICT knowledge required

optional, not held manage standards for data exchange optional
optional, not held manage staff optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a ICT system architect 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

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 48 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held analyse business requirements skill
already held define technical requirements skill
already held hardware platforms knowledge
already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
already held use markup languages skill
already held web programming knowledge
already held ABAP knowledge
already held AJAX knowledge
already held APL knowledge
already held ASP.NET knowledge
already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
already held C# knowledge
already held C++ knowledge
already held COBOL knowledge
already held CoffeeScript knowledge
already held Common Lisp knowledge
already held Erlang knowledge
already held Groovy knowledge
already held Haskell knowledge
already held ICT security legislation knowledge
already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
already held JavaScript knowledge
already held Lisp knowledge
already held MATLAB knowledge
already held ML (computer programming) knowledge
already held Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
already held Objective-C knowledge
already held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
already held PHP knowledge
already held Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
already held Perl knowledge
already held Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
already held Python (computer programming) knowledge
already held R knowledge
already held Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
already held SAP R3 knowledge
already held SAS language knowledge
already held Scala knowledge
already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
already held Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
already held TypeScript knowledge
already held VBScript knowledge
already held Visual Basic knowledge
already held computer programming knowledge
already held design process skill
already held perform resource planning skill
already held task algorithmisation knowledge

The 3 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 constructing 1 required

required, not held manage system testing required

08 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 supplementary

optional, not held model based system engineering optional
optional, not held security engineering optional

09 services 1 supplementary

optional, not held defence standard procedures optional

27 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held Agile project management optional
optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
optional, not held ICT system integration optional
optional, not held ICT system programming optional
optional, not held Oracle WebLogic optional
optional, not held Process-based management optional
optional, not held defence standard procedures optional
optional, not held design cloud architecture optional
optional, not held design database in the cloud optional
optional, not held design database scheme optional
optional, not held design for organisational complexity optional
optional, not held develop with cloud services optional
optional, not held information structure optional
optional, not held lean project management optional
optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
optional, not held manage standards for data exchange optional
optional, not held plan migration to cloud optional
optional, not held use object-oriented programming optional
optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
optional, not held build business relationships optional
optional, not held image recognition optional
optional, not held manage staff optional
optional, not held model based system engineering optional
optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
optional, not held security engineering optional
optional, not held solve ICT system problems optional

48 held skills the ICT system architect role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role 3D lighting knowledge
not needed by the target role 3D texturing knowledge
not needed by the target role Agile development knowledge
not needed by the target role CryEngine knowledge
not needed by the target role DevOps knowledge
not needed by the target role Frostbite (digital game creation systems) knowledge
not needed by the target role GameSalad knowledge
not needed by the target role Gamemaker Studio knowledge
not needed by the target role Havok Vision knowledge
not needed by the target role HeroEngine knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT performance analysis methods knowledge
not needed by the target role Project Anarchy knowledge
not needed by the target role Prototyping development knowledge
not needed by the target role RAGE (digital game creation systems) knowledge
not needed by the target role Rapid application development knowledge
not needed by the target role Shiva (digital game creation systems) knowledge
not needed by the target role Source (digital game creation systems) knowledge
not needed by the target role Spiral development knowledge
not needed by the target role Unity (digital game creation systems) knowledge
not needed by the target role Unreal Engine knowledge
not needed by the target role Waterfall development knowledge
not needed by the target role animate 3D organic forms skill
not needed by the target role application usability knowledge
not needed by the target role apply 3D imaging techniques skill
not needed by the target role augmented reality knowledge
not needed by the target role compose digital game story skill
not needed by the target role computer graphics knowledge
not needed by the target role create 3D characters skill
not needed by the target role create 3D environments skill
not needed by the target role create concept of digital game skill
not needed by the target role create digital game characters skill
not needed by the target role create software design skill
not needed by the target role design graphics skill
not needed by the target role digital game creation systems knowledge
not needed by the target role digital game genres knowledge
not needed by the target role estimate duration of work skill
not needed by the target role formulate game rules skill
not needed by the target role id Tech knowledge
not needed by the target role incremental development knowledge
not needed by the target role interactive media knowledge

8 further entries not listed here

18 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held business process modelling required
required, not held database development tools required
required, not held system design required
required, not held systems theory required
required, not held digital systems required
optional, not held Agile project management optional
optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
optional, not held ICT system integration optional
optional, not held ICT system programming optional
optional, not held Oracle WebLogic optional
optional, not held Process-based management optional
optional, not held defence standard procedures optional
optional, not held information structure optional
optional, not held lean project management optional
optional, not held image recognition optional
optional, not held model based system engineering optional
optional, not held security engineering optional

Index

Other moves recorded from digital games designer

Full index of moves from digital games designer

Note

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.