Table 1Transition record

building information modelling consultanttoICT business development manager

A building information modelling consultant already meets 16% of what the ICT business development manager role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From building information modelling consultant

16%

Overlap1

To ICT business development manager

4 Skills carried over

13 Required, not held

79.3 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

16%

Learning distance A rebuild

79.3/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the ICT business development manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the building information modelling consultant 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 business development manager role treats 3 of its required skills as things a building information modelling consultant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

analyse business requirements
business ICT systems
business processes

What stands in the way is 13 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 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT business development manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a building information modelling consultant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held business ICT systems information and communication technologies (icts)
already held business processes business, administration and law
already held analyse business requirements information skills
already held business process modelling business, administration and law

All 4 carried skills, including the 3 the ICT business development manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 28 missing skills fall into 6 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

required, not held collect customer feedback on applications required
required, not held interpret current data required
required, not held monitor technology trends required
required, not held perform business analysis required
required, not held perform market research required
required, not held seek innovation in current practices required

02 business, administration and law 3 required, 8 supplementary

required, not held ICT market required
required, not held innovation processes required
required, not held business strategy concepts required

optional, not held ICT capacity planning strategies optional
optional, not held business requirements techniques optional
optional, not held crowdsourcing strategy optional
optional, not held insourcing strategy optional
optional, not held investment analysis optional
optional, not held outsourcing strategy optional
optional, not held sales argumentation optional
optional, not held business intelligence optional

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held innovate in ICT required
required, not held give live presentation required

optional, not held build business relationships optional
optional, not held communicate with customers optional
optional, not held manage contracts optional
optional, not held use different communication channels optional

04 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held decision support systems required

optional, not held information extraction optional

05 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held identify new business opportunities required

optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional

06 arts and humanities 1 supplementary

optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a ICT business development 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 4 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held analyse business requirements skill
already held business ICT systems knowledge
already held business processes knowledge
already held business process modelling knowledge

15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held ICT capacity planning strategies optional
optional, not held business requirements techniques optional
optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
optional, not held crowdsourcing strategy optional
optional, not held information extraction optional
optional, not held insourcing strategy optional
optional, not held investment analysis optional
optional, not held outsourcing strategy optional
optional, not held sales argumentation optional
optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
optional, not held build business relationships optional
optional, not held business intelligence optional
optional, not held communicate with customers optional
optional, not held manage contracts optional
optional, not held use different communication channels optional

11 held skills the ICT business development manager role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role building information modelling knowledge
not needed by the target role business analysis knowledge
not needed by the target role communicate with customer service department skill
not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
not needed by the target role improve customer interaction skill
not needed by the target role information architecture knowledge
not needed by the target role interpret business information skill
not needed by the target role perform project management skill
not needed by the target role project management knowledge
not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
not needed by the target role write technical reports skill

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 market required
required, not held decision support systems required
required, not held innovation processes required
required, not held business strategy concepts required
optional, not held ICT capacity planning strategies optional
optional, not held business requirements techniques optional
optional, not held crowdsourcing strategy optional
optional, not held information extraction optional
optional, not held insourcing strategy optional
optional, not held investment analysis optional
optional, not held outsourcing strategy optional
optional, not held sales argumentation optional
optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
optional, not held business intelligence optional

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.