ICT business development manager to ICT business analysis manager
An ICT business development manager already meets 31% of what the ICT business analysis manager role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.
69.2/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT business analysis manager 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 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 6 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 process modelling
- business processes
- coordinate technological activities
- decision support systems
- perform business analysis
What stands in the way is 15 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 analysis manager 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 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 analysis manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 23 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 define technology strategy required
- still to learn manage ICT project required
- still to learn create business process models required
- still to learn define technical requirements required
- still to learn improve business processes required
- still to learn make strategic business decisions required
- optional, not held apply change management optional
- optional, not held identify processes for re-engineering optional
- still to learn provide ICT consulting advice required
- still to learn design process required
- still to learn implement strategic planning required
- still to learn propose ICT solutions to business problems 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
- still to learn provide cost benefit analysis reports required
- still to learn track key performance indicators required
- optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional
- still to learn digital communication and collaboration required
- optional, not held perform data mining optional
- still to learn ICT security legislation required
- optional, not held data mining optional
- optional, not held systems development life-cycle 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 define technology strategy practise this
- 03 digital communication and collaboration 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 12 skills that carry over
- already held analyse business requirements skill
- already held business process modelling knowledge
- already held business processes knowledge
- already held coordinate technological activities skill
- already held decision support systems knowledge
- already held perform business analysis skill
- already held ICT market knowledge
- already held business strategy concepts knowledge
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held information extraction knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held visual presentation techniques knowledge
8 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 apply change management optional
- optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional
- optional, not held identify processes for re-engineering optional
- optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
20 held skills the ICT business analysis manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT capacity planning strategies knowledge
- not needed by the target role build business relationships 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 collect customer feedback on applications skill
- not needed by the target role crowdsourcing strategy 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 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 market research skill
- not needed by the target role sales argumentation knowledge
- not needed by the target role seek innovation in current practices skill
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
- optional, not held data mining optional
- optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
Other moves recorded from ICT business development manager
Common questions about this move
Can an ICT business development manager become an ICT business analysis manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An ICT business development manager already covers 31% of what an ICT business analysis manager is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 6 of which the ICT business analysis manager role treats as required.
What skills does an ICT business development manager need to become an ICT business analysis manager?
15 required skills are missing, plus 8 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 development manager to ICT business analysis manager?
Its learning distance is 69.2 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.