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

ICT project managertoICT quality assurance manager

A ICT project manager already meets 27% of what the ICT quality assurance manager role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT project manager
27%
Overlap1
To ICT quality assurance manager
11 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
72.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

27%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

72.8/ 100

1 Share of the ICT quality assurance 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 quality assurance manager role treats 4 of its required skills as things a ICT project manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ICT process quality models
  • internal risk management policy
  • quality assurance methodologies
  • quality standards

What stands in the way is 12 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT quality assurance 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 develop information standards management skills
  • already held internal risk management policy business, administration and law
  • already held ICT process quality models information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held define technology strategy management skills
  • already held Process-based management business, administration and law
  • already held lean project management business, administration and law

All 11 carried skills, including the 4 the ICT quality assurance manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 28 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 assisting and caring 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held attend to detail in preparation for audits required
  • required, not held comply with legal regulations required
  • required, not held oversee quality control required
  • optional, not held apply information security policies optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held provide software testing documentation required
  • required, not held implement strategic planning required
  • optional, not held develop automated software tests optional
  • optional, not held provide technical training optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
03 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held levels of software testing required
  • required, not held software anomalies required
  • optional, not held application usability optional
  • optional, not held database quality standards optional
  • optional, not held usability engineering optional
04 management skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held perform quality audits required
  • required, not held set quality assurance objectives required
  • optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
  • optional, not held define data quality criteria optional
05 working with computers 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held attend to ICT systems quality required
  • required, not held execute software tests required
  • optional, not held identify ICT system weaknesses optional
  • optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
06 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held ICT quality policy required
  • optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
  • optional, not held data quality assessment optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a ICT quality assurance 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT process quality models knowledge
  • already held internal risk management policy knowledge
  • already held quality assurance methodologies knowledge
  • already held quality standards knowledge
  • already held Agile project management knowledge
  • already held ICT project management methodologies knowledge
  • already held Process-based management knowledge
  • already held define technology strategy skill
  • already held develop information standards skill
  • already held lean project management knowledge
  • already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage data optional
  • optional, not held identify customer requirements optional
  • optional, not held track key performance indicators optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
  • optional, not held application usability optional
  • optional, not held apply information security policies optional
  • optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
  • optional, not held data quality assessment optional
  • optional, not held database quality standards optional
  • optional, not held define data quality criteria optional
  • optional, not held develop automated software tests optional
  • optional, not held identify ICT system weaknesses optional
  • optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
  • optional, not held manage data optional
  • optional, not held usability engineering optional
  • optional, not held identify customer requirements optional
  • optional, not held provide technical training optional
  • optional, not held track key performance indicators optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
60 held skills the ICT quality assurance manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Agile development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role DevOps 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 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 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 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 develop blockchain technology skill
  • not needed by the target role digital systems knowledge
  • 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 iterative development 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 budgets skill

20 further entries not listed here

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 quality policy required
  • required, not held levels of software testing required
  • required, not held software anomalies required
  • optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
  • optional, not held application usability optional
  • optional, not held data quality assessment optional
  • optional, not held database quality standards optional
  • optional, not held usability engineering 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.