Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

ICT project managertoICT product manager

A ICT project manager already meets 44% of what the ICT product manager role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT project manager
44%
Overlap1
To ICT product manager
26 Skills carried over
15 Required, not held
62.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

44%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.7/ 100

1 Share of the ICT product manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT project 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 product manager role treats 8 of its required skills as things a ICT project manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ICT system user requirements
  • create project specifications
  • define technical requirements
  • define technology strategy
  • manage budgets
  • perform risk 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 26 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT product manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT project manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held Rapid application development information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held Spiral development information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held Waterfall development information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held incremental development information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held iterative development information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held software design methodologies information and communication technologies (icts)

All 26 carried skills, including the 8 the ICT product manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 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 business, administration and law 4 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held ICT market required
  • required, not held cost management required
  • required, not held product comprehension required
  • required, not held advertising techniques required
  • optional, not held ICT quality policy optional
  • optional, not held ICT sales methodologies optional
  • optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
  • optional, not held business process modelling optional
  • optional, not held innovation processes optional
02 management skills 4 required
  • required, not held assess ICT knowledge required
  • required, not held perform product planning required
  • required, not held manage schedule of tasks required
  • required, not held plan product management required
03 information skills 3 required
  • required, not held conduct impact evaluation of ICT processes on business required
  • required, not held monitor technology trends required
  • required, not held perform market research required
04 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ICT software specifications required
  • required, not held ICT hardware specifications required
  • optional, not held trading software optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage contracts required
  • optional, not held interact with users to gather requirements optional
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ICT infrastructure required
  • optional, not held engineering processes optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a ICT product 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 26 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT system user requirements knowledge
  • already held create project specifications skill
  • already held define technical requirements skill
  • already held define technology strategy skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held perform risk analysis skill
  • already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
  • already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
  • already held Agile development knowledge
  • already held DevOps knowledge
  • already held ICT process quality models knowledge
  • already held ICT project management knowledge
  • already held Open source model knowledge
  • already held Outsourcing model knowledge
  • already held Prototyping development knowledge
  • already held Rapid application development knowledge
  • already held Spiral development knowledge
  • already held Waterfall development knowledge
  • already held digital systems knowledge
  • already held hybrid model knowledge
  • already held incremental development knowledge
  • already held iterative development knowledge
  • already held manage localisation skill
  • already held quality standards knowledge
  • already held service-oriented modelling knowledge
  • already held software design methodologies knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform online data analysis optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ICT quality policy optional
  • optional, not held ICT sales methodologies optional
  • optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
  • optional, not held business process modelling optional
  • optional, not held engineering processes optional
  • optional, not held innovation processes optional
  • optional, not held interact with users to gather requirements optional
  • optional, not held trading software optional
  • optional, not held perform online data analysis optional
45 held skills the ICT product manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Agile project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Process-based management 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 build business relationships skill
  • 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 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 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 identify legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role implement ICT risk management skill
  • 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 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
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role manage ICT project skill
  • not needed by the target role manage project changes skill
  • not needed by the target role manage project information skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role object-oriented modelling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role organise project meetings skill
  • not needed by the target role outsourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform procurement processes 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 project configuration management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge

5 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 acquire Tier
  • required, not held ICT infrastructure required
  • required, not held ICT market required
  • required, not held ICT software specifications required
  • required, not held cost management required
  • required, not held product comprehension required
  • required, not held ICT hardware specifications required
  • required, not held advertising techniques required
  • optional, not held ICT quality policy optional
  • optional, not held ICT sales methodologies optional
  • optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
  • optional, not held business process modelling optional
  • optional, not held engineering processes optional
  • optional, not held innovation processes optional
  • optional, not held trading software optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ICT project manager

Full index of moves from ICT project 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.