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

chief information officertoenterprise architect

A chief information officer already meets 53% of what the enterprise architect role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.

From chief information officer
53%
Overlap1
To enterprise architect
61 Skills carried over
18 Required, not held
60.6 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 60.6

This move: 60.6 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the enterprise architect role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the chief information officer 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 61 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A enterprise architect role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a chief information officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held review development process of an organisation management skills
  • already held ICT architectural frameworks information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held Rapid application development information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held Spiral development information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held Waterfall development information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held incremental development information and communication technologies (icts)

All 61 carried skills, including the 5 the enterprise architect role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 30 missing skills fall into 8 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held define software architecture required
  • required, not held design enterprise architecture required
  • required, not held design information system required
  • required, not held manage ICT data architecture required
  • required, not held provide ICT consulting advice required
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held apply systemic design thinking optional
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
02 information skills 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held keep up with the latest information systems solutions required
  • required, not held collect customer feedback on applications required
  • required, not held execute feasibility study required
  • required, not held perform risk analysis required
  • optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
  • optional, not held analyse business requirements optional
  • optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
03 business, administration and law 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held ICT market required
  • required, not held business strategy concepts required
  • required, not held legal requirements of ICT products required
  • optional, not held business process modelling optional
  • optional, not held business requirements techniques optional
04 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held identify processes for re-engineering required
  • required, not held perform project management required
05 working with computers 2 required
  • required, not held align software with system architectures required
  • required, not held use an application-specific interface required
06 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held object-oriented modelling required
  • optional, not held system design optional
  • optional, not held unified modelling language optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a enterprise architect 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 61 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT architectural frameworks knowledge
  • already held ICT project management methodologies knowledge
  • already held implement ICT security policies skill
  • already held information architecture knowledge
  • already held review development process of an organisation skill
  • already held ABAP knowledge
  • already held AJAX knowledge
  • already held APL knowledge
  • already held ASP.NET knowledge
  • already held Agile development knowledge
  • already held Agile project management knowledge
  • already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held C# knowledge
  • already held C++ knowledge
  • already held COBOL knowledge
  • already held CoffeeScript knowledge
  • already held Common Lisp knowledge
  • already held DevOps knowledge
  • already held Erlang knowledge
  • already held Groovy knowledge
  • already held Haskell knowledge
  • already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held JavaScript knowledge
  • already held Lisp knowledge
  • already held MATLAB knowledge
  • already held ML (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
  • already held Objective-C knowledge
  • already held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
  • already held PHP knowledge
  • already held Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Perl knowledge
  • already held Process-based management knowledge
  • already held Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Prototyping development knowledge
  • already held Python (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held R knowledge
  • already held Rapid application development knowledge
  • already held Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held SAP R3 knowledge
  • already held SAS language knowledge
  • already held Scala knowledge
  • already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Spiral development knowledge
  • already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held TypeScript knowledge
  • already held VBScript knowledge
  • already held Visual Basic knowledge
  • already held Waterfall development knowledge
  • already held computer programming knowledge
  • already held coordinate technological activities skill
  • already held incremental development knowledge
  • already held iterative development knowledge
  • already held lean project management knowledge
  • already held manage staff skill
  • already held monitor technology trends skill
  • already held optimise choice of ICT solution skill
  • already held software architecture models knowledge
  • already held software design methodologies knowledge
  • already held use different communication channels skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply ICT system usage policies required
  • optional, not held apply information security policies optional
08 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held emergent technologies optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply information security policies optional
  • optional, not held business process modelling optional
  • optional, not held business requirements techniques optional
  • optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
  • optional, not held system design optional
  • optional, not held unified modelling language optional
  • optional, not held analyse business requirements optional
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held apply systemic design thinking optional
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held emergent technologies optional
  • optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
28 held skills the enterprise architect role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role World Wide Web Consortium standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role administer ICT system skill
  • not needed by the target role attack vectors knowledge
  • not needed by the target role carry out statistical forecasts skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out strategic research skill
  • not needed by the target role decision support systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role define technology strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role deploy ICT systems skill
  • not needed by the target role digital systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure information privacy skill
  • not needed by the target role establish an ICT customer support process skill
  • not needed by the target role forecast future ICT network needs skill
  • not needed by the target role implement ICT risk management skill
  • not needed by the target role implement corporate governance skill
  • not needed by the target role information structure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role internet governance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lead technology development of an organisation skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain plan for continuity of operations skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage software releases skill
  • not needed by the target role market analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor ICT research skill
  • not needed by the target role oversee development of software skill
  • not needed by the target role protect personal data and privacy skill
  • not needed by the target role systems development life-cycle knowledge
  • not needed by the target role utilise decision support system skill
9 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 object-oriented modelling required
  • required, not held business strategy concepts required
  • required, not held legal requirements of ICT products required
  • optional, not held business process modelling optional
  • optional, not held business requirements techniques optional
  • optional, not held system design optional
  • optional, not held unified modelling language optional
  • optional, not held emergent technologies optional
Index

Other moves recorded from chief information officer

Full index of moves from chief information officer

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.