Table 1Transition record

ICT operations managertoICT project manager

A ICT operations manager already meets 27% of what the ICT project manager role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT operations manager

27%

Overlap1

To ICT project manager

19 Skills carried over

19 Required, not held

79.1 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

27%

Learning distance A rebuild

79.1/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the ICT project manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT operations manager 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 project manager role treats 7 of its required skills as things a ICT operations manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

define technology strategy
manage budgets
manage staff
perform project management
provide cost benefit analysis reports
recruit employees

What stands in the way is 19 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT project manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT operations manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held develop information standards management skills
already held crowdsourcing strategy business, administration and law
already held insourcing strategy business, administration and law
already held outsourcing strategy business, administration and law
already held use ICT ticketing system working with computers
already held implement ICT risk management information skills

All 19 carried skills, including the 7 the ICT project manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 52 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 information skills 6 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held manage project information required
required, not held analyse business plans required
required, not held estimate duration of work required
required, not held identify legal requirements required
required, not held perform resource planning required
required, not held perform risk analysis required

optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
optional, not held maintain a central project repository optional

02 business, administration and law 4 required, 6 supplementary

required, not held ICT project management required
required, not held ICT project management methodologies required
required, not held internal risk management policy required
required, not held quality standards required

optional, not held Agile project management optional
optional, not held Process-based management optional
optional, not held lean project management optional
optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
optional, not held project configuration management optional
optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held apply conflict management required
required, not held build business relationships required
required, not held coach employees required
required, not held define roadmap for blockchain in applications required

optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
optional, not held draft project documentation optional
optional, not held manage localisation optional

04 management skills 3 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held manage ICT project required
required, not held create project specifications required
required, not held manage project changes required

optional, not held apply change management optional
optional, not held carry out project activities optional
optional, not held define technical requirements optional
optional, not held organise project meetings optional

05 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 16 supplementary

required, not held blockchain mining principles required

optional, not held Agile development optional
optional, not held DevOps optional
optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
optional, not held Open source model optional
optional, not held Outsourcing model optional
optional, not held Prototyping development optional
optional, not held Rapid application development optional
optional, not held Spiral development optional
optional, not held Waterfall development optional
optional, not held hybrid model optional
optional, not held incremental development optional
optional, not held iterative development optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held software architecture models optional
optional, not held software design methodologies optional

06 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held develop blockchain technology required

optional, not held use e-procurement optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a ICT project 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 19 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held define technology strategy skill
already held manage budgets skill
already held manage staff skill
already held perform project management skill
already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
already held recruit employees skill
already held train employees skill
already held ICT process quality models knowledge
already held apply organisational techniques skill
already held crowdsourcing strategy knowledge
already held develop information standards skill
already held digital systems knowledge
already held implement ICT risk management skill
already held insourcing strategy knowledge
already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
already held outsourcing strategy knowledge
already held perform procurement processes skill
already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
already held use ICT ticketing system skill

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary

optional, not held document management optional

33 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held Agile development optional
optional, not held Agile project management optional
optional, not held DevOps optional
optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
optional, not held Open source model optional
optional, not held Outsourcing model optional
optional, not held Process-based management optional
optional, not held Prototyping development optional
optional, not held Rapid application development optional
optional, not held Spiral development optional
optional, not held Waterfall development optional
optional, not held document management optional
optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
optional, not held hybrid model optional
optional, not held incremental development optional
optional, not held iterative development optional
optional, not held lean project management optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held software architecture models optional
optional, not held software design methodologies optional
optional, not held use e-procurement optional
optional, not held apply change management optional
optional, not held carry out project activities optional
optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
optional, not held define technical requirements optional
optional, not held draft project documentation optional
optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
optional, not held maintain a central project repository optional
optional, not held manage localisation optional
optional, not held organise project meetings optional
optional, not held project configuration management optional
optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional

22 held skills the ICT project manager role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role attend to ICT systems quality skill
not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
not needed by the target role contract law knowledge
not needed by the target role coordinate technological activities skill
not needed by the target role core banking software knowledge
not needed by the target role design process skill
not needed by the target role develop ICT workflow skill
not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
not needed by the target role hardware components knowledge
not needed by the target role hardware components suppliers knowledge
not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies skill
not needed by the target role implement a virtual private network skill
not needed by the target role improve business processes skill
not needed by the target role innovation processes knowledge
not needed by the target role manage changes in ICT system skill
not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
not needed by the target role operations management knowledge
not needed by the target role oversee quality control skill
not needed by the target role software components libraries knowledge
not needed by the target role software components suppliers knowledge
not needed by the target role track key performance indicators skill
not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill

28 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 project management required
required, not held ICT project management methodologies required
required, not held blockchain mining principles required
required, not held internal risk management policy required
required, not held quality standards required
optional, not held Agile development optional
optional, not held Agile project management optional
optional, not held DevOps optional
optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
optional, not held Open source model optional
optional, not held Outsourcing model optional
optional, not held Process-based management optional
optional, not held Prototyping development optional
optional, not held Rapid application development optional
optional, not held Spiral development optional
optional, not held Waterfall development optional
optional, not held document management optional
optional, not held hybrid model optional
optional, not held incremental development optional
optional, not held iterative development optional
optional, not held lean project management optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held software architecture models optional
optional, not held software design methodologies optional
optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
optional, not held project configuration management optional
optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional

Index

Other moves recorded from ICT operations manager

Full index of moves from ICT operations manager

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.