ICT business analyst to ICT business analysis manager
An ICT business analyst already meets 48% of what the ICT business analysis manager role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
55.6/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT business analysis manager is expected to do is already part of an ICT business analyst’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 analysis manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An ICT business analysis manager role treats 10 of its required skills as things an ICT business analyst already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse business requirements
- business process modelling
- create business process models
- decision support systems
- define technical requirements
- design process
What stands in the way is 11 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 analysis manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT business analyst 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 10 the ICT business analysis manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 18 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 coordinate technological activities required
- still to learn define technology strategy required
- still to learn improve business processes required
- still to learn make strategic business decisions required
- optional, not held identify processes for re-engineering optional
- still to learn provide ICT consulting advice required
- still to learn write work-related reports required
- optional, not held provide training on technological business developments optional
- optional, not held adapt to changing situations optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- still to learn ICT security legislation required
- still to learn business processes required
- still to learn perform business analysis required
- still to learn track key performance indicators required
- still to learn digital communication and collaboration required
- optional, not held perform data mining optional
- optional, not held data mining optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an ICT business analysis manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ICT security legislation study this
- 02 coordinate technological activities practise this
- 03 define technology strategy 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 business process modelling knowledge
- already held create business process models skill
- already held decision support systems knowledge
- already held define technical requirements skill
- already held design process skill
- already held implement strategic planning skill
- already held manage ICT project 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 apply change management skill
- already held business strategy concepts knowledge
- already held execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
- already held information extraction knowledge
- already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
- already held visual presentation techniques knowledge
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held provide training on technological business developments optional
- optional, not held data mining optional
- optional, not held perform data mining optional
- optional, not held adapt to changing situations optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held identify processes for re-engineering optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
20 held skills the ICT business analysis manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse business processes skill
- not needed by the target role analyse the context of an organisation skill
- not needed by the target role business ICT systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role business intelligence knowledge
- not needed by the target role business requirements techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role digital systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify customer requirements skill
- not needed by the target role identify legal requirements skill
- not needed by the target role information architecture knowledge
- not needed by the target role information categorisation knowledge
- not needed by the target role innovation processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role interact with users to gather requirements skill
- not needed by the target role internal risk management policy knowledge
- not needed by the target role legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
- not needed by the target role organisational resilience knowledge
- not needed by the target role product usage risks analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide user documentation skill
- not needed by the target role translate requirements into visual design skill
- not needed by the target role unstructured data knowledge
3 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 security legislation required
- still to learn business processes required
- optional, not held data mining optional
Other moves recorded from ICT business analyst
- ICT business development manager 36% covered · substantial
- ICT consultant 25% covered · career change
- telecommunications analyst 25% covered · career change
- ICT information and knowledge manager 23% covered · career change
- eBusiness manager 21% covered · career change
- artificial intelligence engineer 20% covered · career change
- building information modelling consultant 20% covered · substantial
- ICT resilience manager 18% covered · career change
Common questions about this move
Can an ICT business analyst become an ICT business analysis manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An ICT business analyst already covers 48% of what an ICT business analysis manager is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 10 of which the ICT business analysis manager role treats as required.
What skills does an ICT business analyst need to become an ICT business analysis manager?
11 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is ICT security legislation.
How hard is the move from ICT business analyst to ICT business analysis manager?
Its learning distance is 55.6 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.