Table 1Transition record

ICT capacity plannertoICT business analysis manager

A ICT capacity planner already meets 34% of what the ICT business analysis manager role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT capacity planner

34%

Overlap1

To ICT business analysis manager

10 Skills carried over

13 Required, not held

67.7 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.7/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the ICT business analysis manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT capacity planner profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A ICT business analysis manager role treats 8 of its required skills as things a ICT capacity planner already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

analyse business requirements
business process modelling
coordinate technological activities
design process
improve business processes
perform business analysis

What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT business analysis manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT capacity planner background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held provide ICT consulting advice communication, collaboration and creativity
already held design process communication, collaboration and creativity
already held perform business analysis information skills
already held coordinate technological activities management skills
already held improve business processes management skills
already held analyse business requirements information skills

All 10 carried skills, including the 8 the ICT business analysis manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 management skills 5 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held define technology strategy required
required, not held manage ICT project required
required, not held create business process models required
required, not held define technical requirements required
required, not held make strategic business decisions required

optional, not held apply change management optional
optional, not held identify processes for re-engineering optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held implement strategic planning required
required, not held propose ICT solutions to business problems required
required, not held 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

03 business, administration and law 2 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held ICT security legislation required
required, not held business processes required

optional, not held ICT market optional
optional, not held business strategy concepts optional

04 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held decision support systems required

optional, not held data mining optional
optional, not held information extraction optional

05 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held track key performance indicators required

optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional

06 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held digital communication and collaboration required

optional, not held perform data mining optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a ICT business analysis manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 10 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held analyse business requirements skill
already held business process modelling knowledge
already held coordinate technological activities skill
already held design process skill
already held improve business processes skill
already held perform business analysis skill
already held provide ICT consulting advice skill
already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
already held use different communication channels skill

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 arts and humanities 1 supplementary

optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional

12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held provide training on technological business developments optional
optional, not held ICT market optional
optional, not held data mining optional
optional, not held information extraction optional
optional, not held perform data mining optional
optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
optional, not held adapt to changing situations optional
optional, not held apply change management optional
optional, not held business strategy concepts optional
optional, not held communicate with customers optional
optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional
optional, not held identify processes for re-engineering optional

38 held skills the ICT business analysis manager role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role ICT capacity planning strategies knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT process quality models knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT security standards knowledge
not needed by the target role LDAP knowledge
not needed by the target role LINQ knowledge
not needed by the target role MDX knowledge
not needed by the target role N1QL knowledge
not needed by the target role SPARQL knowledge
not needed by the target role XQuery knowledge
not needed by the target role administer ICT system skill
not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
not needed by the target role carry out statistical forecasts skill
not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
not needed by the target role collect customer feedback on applications skill
not needed by the target role create database diagrams skill
not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
not needed by the target role crowdsourcing strategy knowledge
not needed by the target role deploy ICT systems skill
not needed by the target role design database scheme skill
not needed by the target role develop financial statistics reports skill
not needed by the target role ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards skill
not needed by the target role execute ICT audits skill
not needed by the target role forecast workload skill
not needed by the target role implement a virtual private network skill
not needed by the target role insourcing strategy knowledge
not needed by the target role labour legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role outsourcing strategy knowledge
not needed by the target role perform ICT troubleshooting skill
not needed by the target role perform project management skill
not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
not needed by the target role plan ICT capacity skill
not needed by the target role plan migration to cloud skill
not needed by the target role provide user documentation skill
not needed by the target role query languages knowledge
not needed by the target role resource description framework query language knowledge
not needed by the target role statistical analysis system software knowledge
not needed by the target role use scripting programming skill

8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held ICT security legislation required
required, not held decision support systems required
required, not held business processes required
optional, not held ICT market optional
optional, not held data mining optional
optional, not held information extraction optional
optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
optional, not held business strategy concepts optional

Index

Other moves recorded from ICT capacity planner

Full index of moves from ICT capacity planner

Note

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.