Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Telecommunications manager to ICT 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.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From telecommunications manager
18 % overlap
Distant match
To ICT project manager
12 You already bring
21 Still to learn
71 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance A rebuild

85.6/ 100

1 How much of what an ICT project manager is expected to do is already part of a telecommunications 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 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 5 of its required skills as things a telecommunications manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • 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. An 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 may need to learn

The 59 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 information skills 6 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn manage project information required
  • still to learn analyse business plans required
  • still to learn estimate duration of work required
  • still to learn identify legal requirements required
  • still to learn perform resource planning required
  • still to learn perform risk analysis required
  • optional, not held maintain a central project repository optional
02 management skills 5 required, 6 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 project changes required
  • still to learn 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
  • still to learn ICT project management required
  • still to learn ICT project management methodologies required
  • still to learn internal risk management policy required
  • still to learn 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
  • 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 draft project documentation optional
  • optional, not held manage localisation optional
05 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 16 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 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
  • 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 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 pick up Tier
07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held document management optional
38 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up 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 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
  • still to learn 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

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a telecommunications manager become an ICT project manager?

Yes, and it is a career change move. A telecommunications manager already covers 18% of what an ICT project manager is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 5 of which the ICT project manager role treats as required.

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

21 required skills are missing, plus 38 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is ICT project management.

How hard is the move from telecommunications manager to ICT project manager?

Its learning distance is 85.6 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.