ICT business analysis manager to ICT business development manager
An ICT business analysis manager already meets 38% of what the ICT business development manager role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
61.6/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT business development manager 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 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 6 of its required skills as things an ICT business analysis manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ICT market
- analyse business requirements
- business processes
- business strategy concepts
- decision support systems
- perform business analysis
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 12 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 an ICT business analysis manager background worth leading with.
- already held decision support systems information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held perform business analysis information skills
- already held ICT market business, administration and law
- already held coordinate technological activities management skills
- already held business strategy concepts business, administration and law
- already held business processes business, administration and law
All 12 carried skills, including the 6 the ICT business development manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 5 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 market research required
- still to learn seek innovation in current practices required
- still to learn innovate in ICT required
- still to learn give live presentation required
- optional, not held build business relationships optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- still to learn innovation processes 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 business ICT systems required
- still to learn identify new business opportunities required
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.
- 01 business ICT systems study this
- 02 innovate in ICT practise this
- 03 innovation processes study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held ICT market knowledge
- already held analyse business requirements skill
- already held business processes knowledge
- already held business strategy concepts knowledge
- already held decision support systems knowledge
- already held perform business analysis skill
- already held business process modelling knowledge
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held coordinate technological activities skill
- already held information extraction knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held visual presentation techniques knowledge
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not 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 build business relationships optional
- optional, not held business intelligence optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
23 held skills the ICT business development manager 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 apply change management skill
- not needed by the target role create business process models skill
- not needed by the target role data mining knowledge
- not needed by the target role define technical requirements skill
- not needed by the target role define technology strategy skill
- not needed by the target role design process skill
- not needed by the target role digital communication and collaboration skill
- not needed by the target role execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
- not needed by the target role identify processes for re-engineering skill
- not needed by the target role implement strategic planning 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 manage ICT project skill
- not needed by the target role perform data mining skill
- not needed by the target role propose ICT solutions to business problems skill
- not needed by the target role provide ICT consulting advice skill
- not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
- not needed by the target role provide training on technological business developments skill
- not needed by the target role systems development life-cycle knowledge
- not needed by the target role track key performance indicators skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
10 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 ICT systems required
- still to learn innovation processes 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
Other moves recorded from ICT business analysis manager
Common questions about this move
Can an ICT business analysis manager become an ICT business development manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An ICT business analysis manager already covers 38% of what an ICT business development manager is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 6 of which the ICT business development manager role treats as required.
What skills does an ICT business analysis manager need to become an ICT business development manager?
10 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is business ICT systems.
How hard is the move from ICT business analysis manager to ICT business development manager?
Its learning distance is 61.6 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.