ICT business development manager to building information modelling consultant
An ICT business development manager already meets 26% of what the building information modelling consultant role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
61.9/ 100
1 How much of what a building information modelling consultant is expected to do is already part of an ICT business development 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 building information modelling consultant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A building information modelling consultant role treats 2 of its required skills as things an ICT business development manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse business requirements
- business processes
What stands in the way is 6 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 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A building information modelling consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT business development manager background worth leading with.
- already held business ICT systems information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held business processes business, administration and law
- already held analyse business requirements information skills
- already held business process modelling business, administration and law
All 4 carried skills, including the 2 the building information modelling consultant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 11 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 communicate with customer service department required
- still to learn identify customer's needs required
- still to learn improve customer interaction required
- optional, not held write technical reports optional
- still to learn business analysis required
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- still to learn building information modelling required
- still to learn interpret business information required
- optional, not held information architecture optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a building information modelling consultant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 building information modelling study this
- 02 communicate with customer service department practise this
- 03 identify customer's needs 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 4 skills that carry over
- already held analyse business requirements skill
- already held business processes knowledge
- already held business ICT systems knowledge
- already held business process modelling knowledge
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held information architecture optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held write technical reports optional
28 held skills the building information modelling consultant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT capacity planning strategies knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT market knowledge
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- 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 business strategy concepts knowledge
- not needed by the target role collect customer feedback on applications skill
- 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 crowdsourcing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role decision support systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role give live presentation skill
- not needed by the target role identify new business opportunities skill
- not needed by the target role information extraction knowledge
- not needed by the target role innovate in ICT skill
- not needed by the target role innovation processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role insourcing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role interpret current data skill
- not needed by the target role investment analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
- not needed by the target role monitor technology trends skill
- not needed by the target role outsourcing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform business analysis skill
- not needed by the target role perform market research skill
- not needed by the target role sales argumentation knowledge
- not needed by the target role seek innovation in current practices skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role visual presentation techniques knowledge
5 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 building information modelling required
- still to learn business analysis required
- optional, not held information architecture optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
Other moves recorded from ICT business development manager
Common questions about this move
Can an ICT business development manager become a building information modelling consultant?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An ICT business development manager already covers 26% of what a building information modelling consultant is expected to do: 4 skills carry over, 2 of which the building information modelling consultant role treats as required.
What skills does an ICT business development manager need to become a building information modelling consultant?
6 required skills are missing, plus 5 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is building information modelling.
How hard is the move from ICT business development manager to building information modelling consultant?
Its learning distance is 61.9 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.