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

enterprise architecttochief information officer

A enterprise architect already meets 59% of what the chief information officer role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From enterprise architect
59%
Overlap1
To chief information officer
61 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
55.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

59%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.6/ 100

1 Share of the chief information officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the enterprise architect 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 chief information officer role treats 9 of its required skills as things a enterprise architect already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ICT project management methodologies
  • coordinate technological activities
  • information architecture
  • monitor technology trends
  • optimise choice of ICT solution
  • review development process of an organisation

What stands in the way is 14 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 61 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A chief information officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a enterprise architect 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 software design methodologies 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)

All 61 carried skills, including the 9 the chief information officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 28 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 information and communication technologies (icts) 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held attack vectors required
  • required, not held decision support systems required
  • required, not held information structure required
  • required, not held systems development life-cycle required
  • optional, not held internet governance optional
  • optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
  • optional, not held digital systems optional
02 management skills 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held manage software releases required
  • required, not held define technology strategy required
  • required, not held maintain plan for continuity of operations required
  • optional, not held establish an ICT customer support process optional
  • optional, not held lead technology development of an organisation optional
  • optional, not held oversee development of software optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
03 information skills 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held forecast future ICT network needs required
  • required, not held implement ICT risk management required
  • required, not held carry out strategic research required
  • optional, not held monitor ICT research optional
  • optional, not held carry out statistical forecasts optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards required
  • optional, not held ensure information privacy optional
  • optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
05 working with computers 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held utilise decision support system required
  • optional, not held administer ICT system optional
  • optional, not held deploy ICT systems optional
06 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held market analysis required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a chief information officer 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 project management methodologies knowledge
  • already held coordinate technological activities skill
  • already held information architecture knowledge
  • already held monitor technology trends skill
  • already held optimise choice of ICT solution skill
  • already held review development process of an organisation skill
  • already held software architecture models knowledge
  • already held software design methodologies knowledge
  • already held use different communication channels 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 ICT architectural frameworks 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 implement ICT security policies skill
  • already held incremental development knowledge
  • already held iterative development knowledge
  • already held lean project management knowledge
  • already held manage staff skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held implement corporate governance required
08 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held engineering processes optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held administer ICT system optional
  • optional, not held deploy ICT systems optional
  • optional, not held engineering processes optional
  • optional, not held ensure information privacy optional
  • optional, not held establish an ICT customer support process optional
  • optional, not held internet governance optional
  • optional, not held lead technology development of an organisation optional
  • optional, not held monitor ICT research optional
  • optional, not held oversee development of software optional
  • optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
  • optional, not held carry out statistical forecasts optional
  • optional, not held digital systems optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
30 held skills the chief information officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT market knowledge
  • not needed by the target role align software with system architectures skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse business requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role apply ICT system usage policies skill
  • not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply information security policies skill
  • not needed by the target role apply systemic design thinking skill
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role business process modelling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role business requirements techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role business strategy concepts knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collect customer feedback on applications skill
  • not needed by the target role define software architecture skill
  • not needed by the target role design enterprise architecture skill
  • not needed by the target role design information system skill
  • not needed by the target role emergent technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role execute feasibility study skill
  • not needed by the target role identify processes for re-engineering skill
  • not needed by the target role keep up with the latest information systems solutions skill
  • not needed by the target role legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage ICT data architecture skill
  • not needed by the target role manage cloud data and storage skill
  • not needed by the target role object-oriented modelling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform project management skill
  • not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role provide ICT consulting advice skill
  • not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
  • not needed by the target role system design knowledge
  • not needed by the target role unified modelling language knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use an application-specific interface 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 attack vectors required
  • required, not held decision support systems required
  • required, not held information structure required
  • required, not held market analysis required
  • required, not held systems development life-cycle required
  • optional, not held engineering processes optional
  • optional, not held internet governance optional
  • optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
  • optional, not held digital systems optional
Index

Other moves recorded from enterprise architect

Full index of moves from enterprise architect

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.