Table 1Transition record

telecommunications managertoICT project manager

A telecommunications manager already meets 18% of what the ICT project manager role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.

From telecommunications manager

18%

Overlap1

To ICT project manager

12 Skills carried over

21 Required, not held

85.6 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

18%

Learning distance A rebuild

85.6/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the ICT project manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the telecommunications 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 5 of its required skills as things a telecommunications manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

manage budgets
manage staff
provide cost benefit analysis reports
recruit employees
train employees

What stands in the way is 21 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 12 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 telecommunications manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held Open source model information and communication technologies (icts)
already held Outsourcing model information and communication technologies (icts)
already held use ICT ticketing system working with computers
already held hybrid model information and communication technologies (icts)
already held implement ICT risk management information skills
already held execute ICT audits information skills

All 12 carried skills, including the 5 the ICT project manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 59 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, 1 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 maintain a central project repository optional

02 management skills 5 required, 6 supplementary

required, not held define technology strategy required
required, not held manage ICT project required
required, not held create project specifications required
required, not held manage project changes required
required, not held perform project management required

optional, not held apply change management optional
optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
optional, not held carry out project activities optional
optional, not held define technical requirements optional
optional, not held develop information standards optional
optional, not held organise project meetings optional

03 business, administration and law 4 required, 9 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 crowdsourcing strategy optional
optional, not held insourcing strategy optional
optional, not held lean project management optional
optional, not held outsourcing strategy optional
optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
optional, not held project configuration management optional
optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional

04 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 4 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 maintain relationship with suppliers optional
optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
optional, not held draft project documentation optional
optional, not held manage localisation 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 process quality models optional
optional, not held ICT system user requirements 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 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

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 12 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held manage budgets skill
already held manage staff skill
already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
already held recruit employees skill
already held train employees skill
already held Open source model knowledge
already held Outsourcing model knowledge
already held execute ICT audits skill
already held hybrid model knowledge
already held implement ICT risk management skill
already held perform procurement processes skill
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

38 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 process quality models optional
optional, not held ICT system user requirements 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 incremental development optional
optional, not held insourcing strategy optional
optional, not held iterative development optional
optional, not held lean project management 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 carry out project activities 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 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
optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional

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

Skill Type

not needed by the target role ICT communications protocols knowledge
not needed by the target role calibrate electronic instruments skill
not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
not needed by the target role coordinate technological activities skill
not needed by the target role direct inward dialing knowledge
not needed by the target role electronics principles knowledge
not needed by the target role implement a virtual private network skill
not needed by the target role implement corporate governance skill
not needed by the target role internet governance knowledge
not needed by the target role investment analysis knowledge
not needed by the target role network engineering knowledge
not needed by the target role operate private branch exchange skill
not needed by the target role telecom regulations knowledge
not needed by the target role telecommunication trunking knowledge
not needed by the target role upgrade firmware skill

31 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 process quality models optional
optional, not held ICT system user requirements 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 incremental development optional
optional, not held insourcing strategy optional
optional, not held iterative development optional
optional, not held lean project management 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 project configuration management optional
optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional
optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional

Index

Other moves recorded from telecommunications manager

Full index of moves from telecommunications 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.