Career Overlap Transition record
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ICT project manager to ICT change and configuration manager

An ICT project manager already meets 34% of what the ICT change and configuration manager role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From ICT project manager
34 % overlap
Distant match
To ICT change and configuration manager
8 You already bring
9 Still to learn
36 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

69.4/ 100

1 How much of what an ICT change and configuration manager is expected to do is already part of an ICT project 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 change and configuration manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

An ICT change and configuration manager role treats 8 of its required skills as things an ICT project manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • DevOps
  • ICT process quality models
  • ICT project management methodologies
  • build business relationships
  • digital systems
  • perform project management

What stands in the way is 9 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT change and configuration manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT project manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held project configuration management business, administration and law
  • already held DevOps information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held ICT process quality models information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held digital systems information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held ICT project management methodologies business, administration and law
  • already held build business relationships communication, collaboration and creativity

All 8 carried skills, including the 8 the ICT change and configuration manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 28 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 working with computers 6 required, 4 supplementary
  • still to learn administer ICT system required
  • still to learn deploy ICT systems required
  • still to learn integrate system components required
  • still to learn manage ICT virtualisation environments required
  • still to learn manage changes in ICT system required
  • still to learn use scripting programming required
  • optional, not held migrate existing data optional
  • optional, not held perform software recovery testing optional
  • optional, not held perform software unit testing optional
  • optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional
02 management skills 2 required
  • still to learn manage software releases required
  • still to learn develop automated migration methods required
03 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 11 supplementary
  • still to learn tools for software configuration management required
  • optional, not held Apache Maven optional
  • optional, not held Chef (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held Codenvy optional
  • optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held Octopus Deploy optional
  • optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held STAF optional
  • optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held Vagrant optional
  • optional, not held integrated development environment software optional
  • optional, not held computer programming optional
04 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply operations for an ITIL-based environment optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held design cloud architecture optional
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held embedded systems optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an ICT change and configuration 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held DevOps knowledge
  • already held ICT process quality models knowledge
  • already held ICT project management methodologies knowledge
  • already held build business relationships skill
  • already held digital systems knowledge
  • already held perform project management skill
  • already held project configuration management knowledge
  • already held train employees skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held control objectives for information and related technology optional
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held apply operations for an ITIL-based environment optional
  • optional, not held control objectives for information and related technology optional
  • optional, not held Apache Maven optional
  • optional, not held Chef (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held Codenvy optional
  • optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held Octopus Deploy optional
  • optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held STAF optional
  • optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held Vagrant optional
  • optional, not held design cloud architecture optional
  • optional, not held embedded systems optional
  • optional, not held integrated development environment software optional
  • optional, not held migrate existing data optional
  • optional, not held perform software recovery testing optional
  • optional, not held perform software unit testing optional
  • optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional
  • optional, not held computer programming optional
63 held skills the ICT change and configuration manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Agile development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Agile project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Open source model knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Outsourcing model knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Process-based management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Prototyping development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Rapid application development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Spiral development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Waterfall development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse business plans skill
  • not needed by the target role apply change management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role blockchain mining principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role carry out project activities skill
  • not needed by the target role coach employees skill
  • not needed by the target role create project specifications 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 define roadmap for blockchain in applications skill
  • not needed by the target role define technical requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role define technology strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role develop blockchain technology skill
  • not needed by the target role develop information standards skill
  • not needed by the target role document management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role draft project documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role estimate duration of work skill
  • not needed by the target role execute ICT audits skill
  • not needed by the target role hybrid model knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role implement ICT risk management skill
  • not needed by the target role incremental development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role insourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role internal risk management policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role iterative development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lean project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain a central project repository skill

23 further entries not listed here

14 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 pick up Tier
  • still to learn tools for software configuration management required
  • optional, not held control objectives for information and related technology optional
  • optional, not held Apache Maven optional
  • optional, not held Chef (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held Codenvy optional
  • optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held Octopus Deploy optional
  • optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held STAF optional
  • optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held Vagrant optional
  • optional, not held embedded systems optional
  • optional, not held integrated development environment software optional
  • optional, not held computer programming optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ICT project manager

Full index of moves from ICT project manager

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an ICT project manager become an ICT change and configuration manager?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. An ICT project manager already covers 34% of what an ICT change and configuration manager is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 8 of which the ICT change and configuration manager role treats as required.

What skills does an ICT project manager need to become an ICT change and configuration manager?

9 required skills are missing, plus 19 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is manage software releases.

How hard is the move from ICT project manager to ICT change and configuration manager?

Its learning distance is 69.4 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.