EBusiness manager to ICT business analyst
An eBusiness manager already meets 25% of what the ICT business analyst role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
73.4/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT business analyst is expected to do is already part of an eBusiness manager’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 analyst role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An ICT business analyst role treats 5 of its required skills as things an eBusiness manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse business requirements
- business process modelling
- business requirements techniques
- create business process models
- implement strategic planning
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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT business analyst role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an eBusiness manager background worth leading with.
- already held create business process models management skills
- already held business requirements techniques business, administration and law
- already held ICT market business, administration and law
- already held business strategy concepts business, administration and law
- already held analyse business requirements information skills
- already held business process modelling business, administration and law
All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the ICT business analyst role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 29 missing skills fall into 8 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 analyse business processes required
- still to learn analyse the context of an organisation required
- still to learn identify customer requirements required
- still to learn identify legal requirements required
- still to learn provide cost benefit analysis reports required
- optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional
- still to learn interact with users to gather requirements required
- still to learn propose ICT solutions to business problems required
- still to learn translate requirements into visual design required
- optional, not held design process optional
- optional, not held provide user documentation optional
- still to learn apply change management required
- still to learn define technical requirements required
- optional, not held manage ICT project optional
- still to learn digital systems required
- optional, not held business ICT systems optional
- optional, not held cloud technologies optional
- optional, not held decision support systems optional
- optional, not held information architecture optional
- optional, not held information extraction optional
- optional, not held unstructured data optional
- optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
- still to learn legal requirements of ICT products required
- optional, not held innovation processes optional
- optional, not held internal risk management policy optional
- optional, not held organisational resilience optional
- still to learn product usage risks analysis required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an ICT business analyst role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 interact with users to gather requirements practise this
- 02 analyse business processes practise this
- 03 analyse the context of an organisation practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held analyse business requirements skill
- already held business process modelling knowledge
- already held business requirements techniques knowledge
- already held create business process models skill
- already held implement strategic planning skill
- already held ICT market knowledge
- already held business intelligence knowledge
- already held business strategy concepts knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
- optional, not held information categorisation optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held business ICT systems optional
- optional, not held cloud technologies optional
- optional, not held decision support systems optional
- optional, not held information architecture optional
- optional, not held information categorisation optional
- optional, not held information extraction optional
- optional, not held innovation processes optional
- optional, not held internal risk management policy optional
- optional, not held manage ICT project optional
- optional, not held organisational resilience optional
- optional, not held unstructured data optional
- optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
- optional, not held design process optional
- optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional
- optional, not held provide user documentation optional
- optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
35 held skills the ICT business analyst role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT sales methodologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply customer engagement strategy skill
- not needed by the target role brand marketing techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role conduct search engine optimisation skill
- not needed by the target role consumer goods industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role creatively use digital technologies skill
- not needed by the target role define technology strategy skill
- not needed by the target role develop online sales business plan skill
- not needed by the target role digital data processing skill
- not needed by the target role digital marketing techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role e-commerce systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronic business knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronic communication knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement marketing strategies skill
- not needed by the target role implement sales strategies skill
- not needed by the target role information confidentiality knowledge
- not needed by the target role lead the brand strategic planning process skill
- not needed by the target role make strategic business decisions skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role measure customer feedback skill
- not needed by the target role mobile marketing knowledge
- not needed by the target role mobility as a service knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform business analysis skill
- not needed by the target role plan digital marketing skill
- not needed by the target role plan marketing strategy skill
- not needed by the target role problem-solving with digital tools skill
- not needed by the target role publishing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role sales argumentation knowledge
- not needed by the target role sales strategies knowledge
- not needed by the target role track key performance indicators skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role web analytics knowledge
- not needed by the target role web based collaborative platforms knowledge
15 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 digital systems required
- still to learn legal requirements of ICT products required
- still to learn product usage risks analysis required
- optional, not held business ICT systems optional
- optional, not held cloud technologies optional
- optional, not held decision support systems optional
- optional, not held information architecture optional
- optional, not held information categorisation optional
- optional, not held information extraction optional
- optional, not held innovation processes optional
- optional, not held internal risk management policy optional
- optional, not held organisational resilience optional
- optional, not held unstructured data optional
- optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
- optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
Common questions about this move
Can an eBusiness manager become an ICT business analyst?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An eBusiness manager already covers 25% of what an ICT business analyst is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 5 of which the ICT business analyst role treats as required.
What skills does an eBusiness manager need to become an ICT business analyst?
13 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is interact with users to gather requirements.
How hard is the move from eBusiness manager to ICT business analyst?
Its learning distance is 73.4 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.