ICT capacity planner to ICT business analysis manager
An 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.
67.7/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT business analysis manager is expected to do is already part of an ICT capacity planner’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 8 of its required skills as things an ICT capacity planner already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- 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 · What you already bring
Of the 10 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 capacity planner background worth leading with.
- 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 · What you may need to learn
The 25 missing skills fall into 7 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 make strategic business decisions required
- optional, not held apply change management optional
- optional, not held identify processes for re-engineering optional
- 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
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- still to learn ICT security legislation required
- still to learn business processes required
- optional, not held ICT market optional
- optional, not held business strategy concepts optional
- still to learn decision support systems required
- optional, not held data mining optional
- optional, not held information extraction optional
- 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
1 further area in the appendix
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 decision support systems study 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 10 skills that carry over
- 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
- optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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
- 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.
- still to learn ICT security legislation required
- still to learn decision support systems required
- still to learn 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
Common questions about this move
Can an ICT capacity planner become an ICT business analysis manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An ICT capacity planner already covers 34% of what an ICT business analysis manager is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 8 of which the ICT business analysis manager role treats as required.
What skills does an ICT capacity planner need to become an ICT business analysis manager?
13 required skills are missing, plus 12 optional ones. They fall into 7 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 capacity planner to ICT business analysis manager?
Its learning distance is 67.7 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.