ICT business analysis managertotelecommunications analyst
A ICT business analysis manager already meets 30% of what the telecommunications analyst role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.
30%
73.6/ 100
1 Share of the telecommunications 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 telecommunications analyst role treats 6 of its required skills as things a ICT business analysis manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- communicate with customers
- define technical requirements
- design process
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- provide cost benefit analysis reports
- use different communication channels
What stands in the way is 19 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A telecommunications 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 propose ICT solutions to business problems communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide ICT consulting advice communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held design process communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held coordinate technological activities management skills
- already held analyse business requirements information skills
- already held business process modelling business, administration and law
All 13 carried skills, including the 6 the telecommunications analyst role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 22 missing skills fall into 9 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 ICT communications protocols required
- required, not held analog electronics theory required
- required, not held electronics principles required
- required, not held microwave principles required
- required, not held telecom regulations required
- required, not held telecommunication trunking required
- required, not held operate call distribution system required
- required, not held operate electronic measuring instruments required
- required, not held operate private branch exchange required
- required, not held calibrate electronic instruments required
- required, not held install monitors for process control required
- required, not held provide ICT system training required
- required, not held provide user documentation required
- required, not held use session border controller required
- required, not held upgrade firmware required
- required, not held procurement of ICT network equipment required
- optional, not held Cisco optional
- required, not held analyse business processes required
- optional, not held log transmitter readings optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a telecommunications analyst role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ICT communications protocols knowledge · sector specific
- 02 analog electronics theory knowledge · sector specific
- 03 direct inward dialing knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 13 skills that carry over
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held define technical requirements skill
- already held design process skill
- already held execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
- already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held ICT security legislation knowledge
- already held analyse business requirements skill
- already held business process modelling knowledge
- already held coordinate technological activities skill
- already held make strategic business decisions skill
- already held propose ICT solutions to business problems skill
- already held provide ICT consulting advice skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held direct inward dialing required
- required, not held electromagnetism required
- optional, not held solder electronics optional
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held Cisco optional
- optional, not held log transmitter readings optional
- optional, not held solder electronics optional
22 held skills the telecommunications analyst role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT market knowledge
- not needed by the target role adapt to changing situations skill
- not needed by the target role apply change management skill
- not needed by the target role business processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role business strategy concepts knowledge
- not needed by the target role create business process models skill
- not needed by the target role data mining knowledge
- 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 digital communication and collaboration skill
- not needed by the target role identify processes for re-engineering skill
- not needed by the target role implement strategic planning skill
- not needed by the target role improve business processes skill
- not needed by the target role information extraction knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage ICT project 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 training on technological business developments skill
- not needed by the target role systems development life-cycle knowledge
- not needed by the target role track key performance indicators skill
- not needed by the target role visual presentation techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
10 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 ICT communications protocols required
- required, not held analog electronics theory required
- required, not held direct inward dialing required
- required, not held electromagnetism required
- required, not held electronics principles required
- required, not held microwave principles required
- required, not held procurement of ICT network equipment required
- required, not held telecom regulations required
- required, not held telecommunication trunking required
- optional, not held Cisco optional
Other moves recorded from ICT business analysis manager
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.