ICT business analysis managertoICT business analyst
A ICT business analysis manager already meets 45% of what the ICT business analyst role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
45%
56.7/ 100
1 Share of the ICT business analyst role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT business analysis 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 this move works
A ICT business analyst role treats 8 of its required skills as things a ICT business analysis manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- analyse business requirements
- apply change management
- business process modelling
- create business process models
- define technical requirements
- implement strategic planning
What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT business analyst role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT business analysis manager background worth leading with.
- already held create business process models management skills
- already held propose ICT solutions to business problems communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage ICT project management skills
- already held decision support systems information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held design process communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held ICT market business, administration and law
All 17 carried skills, including the 8 the ICT business analyst role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 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.
- required, not held analyse business processes required
- required, not held analyse the context of an organisation required
- required, not held identify customer requirements required
- required, not held identify legal requirements required
- required, not held business requirements techniques required
- required, not held legal requirements of ICT products required
- optional, not held innovation processes optional
- optional, not held internal risk management policy optional
- optional, not held organisational resilience optional
- optional, not held business intelligence optional
- required, not held interact with users to gather requirements required
- required, not held translate requirements into visual design required
- optional, not held provide user documentation optional
- required, not held digital systems required
- optional, not held business ICT systems optional
- optional, not held cloud technologies optional
- optional, not held information architecture optional
- optional, not held unstructured data optional
- required, not held product usage risks analysis required
- optional, not held information categorisation optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a ICT business analyst role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 business requirements techniques knowledge · sector specific
- 02 interact with users to gather requirements skill · sector specific
- 03 analyse business processes skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- already held analyse business requirements skill
- already held apply change management skill
- already held business process modelling knowledge
- already held create business process models skill
- already held define technical requirements skill
- already held implement strategic planning skill
- already held propose ICT solutions to business problems skill
- already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
- already held ICT market knowledge
- already held business strategy concepts knowledge
- already held decision support systems knowledge
- already held design process skill
- already held execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
- already held information extraction knowledge
- already held manage ICT project skill
- already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
- already held visual presentation techniques knowledge
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held business ICT systems optional
- optional, not held cloud technologies optional
- optional, not held information architecture optional
- optional, not held information categorisation optional
- optional, not held innovation processes optional
- optional, not held internal risk management policy optional
- optional, not held organisational resilience optional
- optional, not held unstructured data optional
- optional, not held business intelligence optional
- optional, not held provide user documentation optional
18 held skills the ICT business analyst role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT security legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role adapt to changing situations skill
- not needed by the target role business processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate technological activities skill
- not needed by the target role data mining knowledge
- not needed by the target role define technology strategy skill
- not needed by the target role digital communication and collaboration skill
- not needed by the target role identify processes for re-engineering skill
- not needed by the target role improve business processes skill
- not needed by the target role make strategic business decisions skill
- not needed by the target role perform business analysis skill
- not needed by the target role perform data mining skill
- not needed by the target role provide ICT consulting advice skill
- not needed by the target role provide training on technological business developments skill
- not needed by the target role track key performance indicators skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
13 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held business requirements techniques required
- required, not held digital systems required
- required, not held legal requirements of ICT products required
- required, not held product usage risks analysis required
- optional, not held business ICT systems optional
- optional, not held cloud technologies optional
- optional, not held information architecture optional
- optional, not held information categorisation optional
- optional, not held innovation processes optional
- optional, not held internal risk management policy optional
- optional, not held organisational resilience optional
- optional, not held unstructured data optional
- optional, not held business intelligence optional
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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.