ICT business analysis manager to ICT business analyst
An ICT business analysis manager already meets 45% of what the ICT business analyst role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
56.7/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT business analyst is expected to do is already part of an ICT business analysis 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 8 of its required skills as things an ICT business analysis manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse business requirements
- apply change management
- business process modelling
- create business process models
- define technical requirements
- implement strategic planning
What stands in the way is 10 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 17 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 ICT business analysis manager background worth leading with.
- already held create business process models management skills
- already held propose ICT solutions to business problems communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage ICT project management skills
- already held decision support systems information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held design process communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held ICT market business, administration and law
All 17 carried skills, including the 8 the ICT business analyst role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 20 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 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 business requirements techniques required
- 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
- optional, not held business intelligence optional
- still to learn interact with users to gather requirements required
- still to learn translate requirements into visual design required
- optional, not held provide user documentation optional
- still to learn digital systems required
- optional, not held business ICT systems optional
- optional, not held cloud technologies optional
- optional, not held information architecture optional
- optional, not held unstructured data optional
- still to learn product usage risks analysis required
- optional, not held information categorisation optional
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 business requirements techniques study this
- 02 interact with users to gather requirements practise this
- 03 analyse business processes 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 17 skills that carry over
- already held analyse business requirements skill
- already held apply change management skill
- already held business process modelling knowledge
- already held create business process models skill
- already held define technical requirements skill
- already held implement strategic planning skill
- already held propose ICT solutions to business problems skill
- already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
- already held ICT market knowledge
- already held business strategy concepts knowledge
- already held decision support systems knowledge
- already held design process skill
- already held execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
- already held information extraction knowledge
- already held manage ICT project skill
- already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
- already held visual presentation techniques knowledge
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held business ICT systems optional
- optional, not held cloud technologies optional
- optional, not held information architecture optional
- optional, not held information categorisation 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 business intelligence optional
- optional, not held provide user documentation optional
18 held skills the ICT business analyst role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT security legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role adapt to changing situations skill
- not needed by the target role business processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate technological activities skill
- not needed by the target role data mining knowledge
- not needed by the target role define technology strategy skill
- not needed by the target role digital communication and collaboration skill
- not needed by the target role identify processes for re-engineering skill
- not needed by the target role improve business processes skill
- not needed by the target role make strategic business decisions skill
- not needed by the target role perform business analysis skill
- not needed by the target role perform data mining skill
- not needed by the target role provide ICT consulting advice skill
- not needed by the target role provide training on technological business developments skill
- 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 write work-related reports skill
13 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 business requirements techniques required
- 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 information architecture optional
- optional, not held information categorisation 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 business intelligence optional
Other moves recorded from ICT business analysis manager
Common questions about this move
Can an ICT business analysis manager become an ICT business analyst?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An ICT business analysis manager already covers 45% of what an ICT business analyst is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 8 of which the ICT business analyst role treats as required.
What skills does an ICT business analysis manager need to become an ICT business analyst?
10 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is business requirements techniques.
How hard is the move from ICT business analysis manager to ICT business analyst?
Its learning distance is 56.7 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.