RecordMove

Project support officer to ICT project manager

A project support officer already meets 29% of what the ICT project manager role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From project support officer

Distant match

To ICT project manager

18 You already bring

17 Still to learn

71 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance A rebuild

77.7/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

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

Why

Why this move works

An ICT project manager role treats 9 of its required skills as things a project support officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

estimate duration of work
manage budgets
manage project changes
manage project information
perform project management
perform risk analysis

What stands in the way is 17 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 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT project manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a project support officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held carry out project activities management skills
already held draft project documentation communication, collaboration and creativity
already held maintain a central project repository information skills
already held organise project meetings management skills
already held manage project changes management skills
already held project configuration management business, administration and law

All 18 carried skills, including the 9 the ICT project manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 53 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 management skills 5 required, 4 supplementary

still to learn define technology strategy required
still to learn manage ICT project required
still to learn create project specifications required
still to learn manage staff required
still to learn recruit employees required

optional, not held apply change management optional
optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
optional, not held define technical requirements optional
optional, not held develop information standards optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 4 supplementary

still to learn apply conflict management required
still to learn build business relationships required
still to learn coach employees required
still to learn define roadmap for blockchain in applications required

optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
optional, not held manage localisation optional
optional, not held perform procurement processes optional

03 business, administration and law 3 required, 5 supplementary

still to learn ICT project management required
still to learn ICT project management methodologies required
still to learn internal risk management policy required

optional, not held Process-based management optional
optional, not held crowdsourcing strategy optional
optional, not held insourcing strategy optional
optional, not held outsourcing strategy optional
optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional

04 information skills 3 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn analyse business plans required
still to learn identify legal requirements required
still to learn perform resource planning required

optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
optional, not held implement ICT risk management optional

05 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 19 supplementary

still to learn blockchain mining principles required

optional, not held Agile development optional
optional, not held DevOps optional
optional, not held ICT process quality models 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
optional, not held digital systems optional
optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional

06 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn 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 an 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 18 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held estimate duration of work skill
already held manage budgets skill
already held manage project changes skill
already held manage project information skill
already held perform project management skill
already held perform risk analysis skill
already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
already held quality standards knowledge
already held train employees skill
already held Agile project management knowledge
already held carry out project activities skill
already held draft project documentation skill
already held lean project management knowledge
already held maintain a central project repository skill
already held organise project meetings skill
already held project configuration management knowledge
already held quality assurance methodologies knowledge
already held use ICT ticketing system skill

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to pick up Tier

07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary

optional, not held document management optional

36 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held Agile development optional
optional, not held DevOps optional
optional, not held ICT process quality models 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 crowdsourcing strategy optional
optional, not held document management optional
optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
optional, not held hybrid model optional
optional, not held implement ICT risk management optional
optional, not held incremental development optional
optional, not held insourcing strategy optional
optional, not held iterative development optional
optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held outsourcing strategy 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 apply organisational techniques optional
optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
optional, not held define technical requirements optional
optional, not held develop information standards optional
optional, not held digital systems optional
optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
optional, not held manage localisation optional
optional, not held perform procurement processes optional
optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional

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

Skill Type

not needed by the target role Prince2 project management knowledge
not needed by the target role conduct quality control analysis skill
not needed by the target role create a financial report skill
not needed by the target role customise project methodologies skill
not needed by the target role document project progress skill
not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
not needed by the target role ensure equipment availability skill
not needed by the target role follow company standards skill
not needed by the target role introduce new employees skill
not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
not needed by the target role maintain internal communication systems skill
not needed by the target role manage administrative systems skill
not needed by the target role manage project metrics skill
not needed by the target role manage relationships with stakeholders skill
not needed by the target role manage standard enterprise resource planning system skill
not needed by the target role monitor the conformance to the project methodology skill
not needed by the target role office software knowledge
not needed by the target role organise information on availability of the team skill
not needed by the target role perform PESTEL analysis skill
not needed by the target role project management methodology (PM²) knowledge
not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge

29 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 ICT project management required
still to learn ICT project management methodologies required
still to learn blockchain mining principles required
still to learn internal risk management policy required
optional, not held Agile development optional
optional, not held DevOps optional
optional, not held ICT process quality models 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 crowdsourcing strategy optional
optional, not held document management optional
optional, not held hybrid model optional
optional, not held incremental development optional
optional, not held insourcing strategy optional
optional, not held iterative development optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held outsourcing strategy 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 digital systems optional
optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a project support officer become an ICT project manager?

Yes, and it is a career change move. A project support officer already covers 29% of what an ICT project manager is expected to do: 18 skills carry over, 9 of which the ICT project manager role treats as required.

What skills does a project support officer need to become an ICT project manager?

17 required skills are missing, plus 36 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is ICT project management.

How hard is the move from project support officer to ICT project manager?

Its learning distance is 77.7 out of 100, which is the career change 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.