Table 1Transition record

ICT product managertoICT project manager

A ICT product manager already meets 33% of what the ICT project manager role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT product manager

33%

Overlap1

To ICT project manager

26 Skills carried over

19 Required, not held

74.3 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

33%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

74.3/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the ICT project manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT product 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

Why this move works

A ICT project manager role treats 7 of its required skills as things a ICT product manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

ICT project management
create project specifications
define technology strategy
manage budgets
perform risk analysis
provide cost benefit analysis reports

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 26 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT project manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT product manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

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)
already held iterative development information and communication technologies (icts)
already held software design methodologies information and communication technologies (icts)

All 26 carried skills, including the 7 the ICT project manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 45 missing skills fall into 7 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 management skills 5 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held manage ICT project required
required, not held manage project changes required
required, not held manage staff required
required, not held perform project management required
required, not held recruit employees required

optional, not held apply change management optional
optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
optional, not held carry out project activities optional
optional, not held develop information standards optional
optional, not held organise project meetings optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held apply conflict management required
required, not held build business relationships required
required, not held coach employees required
required, not held define roadmap for blockchain in applications required
required, not held train employees required

optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
optional, not held draft project documentation optional
optional, not held perform procurement processes optional

03 information skills 5 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held manage project information required
required, not held analyse business plans required
required, not held estimate duration of work required
required, not held identify legal requirements required
required, not held perform resource planning required

optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
optional, not held implement ICT risk management optional
optional, not held maintain a central project repository optional

04 business, administration and law 2 required, 9 supplementary

required, not held ICT project management methodologies required
required, not held internal risk management policy required

optional, not held Agile project management optional
optional, not held Process-based management optional
optional, not held crowdsourcing strategy optional
optional, not held insourcing strategy optional
optional, not held lean project management optional
optional, not held outsourcing strategy optional
optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
optional, not held project configuration management optional
optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional

05 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held blockchain mining principles required

optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held software architecture models optional

06 working with computers 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held develop blockchain technology required

optional, not held use e-procurement optional
optional, not held use ICT ticketing system optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a ICT project 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 26 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ICT project management knowledge
already held create project specifications skill
already held define technology strategy skill
already held manage budgets skill
already held perform risk analysis skill
already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
already held quality standards knowledge
already held Agile development knowledge
already held DevOps knowledge
already held ICT process quality models knowledge
already held ICT system user requirements knowledge
already held Open source model knowledge
already held Outsourcing model knowledge
already held Prototyping development knowledge
already held Rapid application development knowledge
already held Spiral development knowledge
already held Waterfall development knowledge
already held define technical requirements skill
already held digital systems knowledge
already held hybrid model knowledge
already held incremental development knowledge
already held iterative development knowledge
already held manage localisation skill
already held service-oriented modelling knowledge
already held software design methodologies knowledge
already held systems development life-cycle knowledge

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary

optional, not held document management optional

26 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held Agile project management optional
optional, not held Process-based management optional
optional, not held crowdsourcing strategy optional
optional, not held document management optional
optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
optional, not held implement ICT risk management optional
optional, not held insourcing strategy optional
optional, not held lean project management optional
optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held outsourcing strategy optional
optional, not held software architecture models optional
optional, not held use e-procurement optional
optional, not held apply change management optional
optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
optional, not held carry out project activities optional
optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
optional, not held develop information standards optional
optional, not held draft project documentation optional
optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
optional, not held maintain a central project repository optional
optional, not held organise project meetings optional
optional, not held perform procurement processes optional
optional, not held project configuration management optional
optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional
optional, not held use ICT ticketing system optional

24 held skills the ICT project manager role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role ICT hardware specifications knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT market knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT quality policy knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT sales methodologies knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT security legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT software specifications knowledge
not needed by the target role advertising techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role assess ICT knowledge skill
not needed by the target role business process modelling knowledge
not needed by the target role conduct impact evaluation of ICT processes on business skill
not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
not needed by the target role innovation processes knowledge
not needed by the target role interact with users to gather requirements skill
not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
not needed by the target role manage schedule of tasks skill
not needed by the target role monitor technology trends skill
not needed by the target role perform market research skill
not needed by the target role perform online data analysis skill
not needed by the target role perform product planning skill
not needed by the target role plan product management skill
not needed by the target role product comprehension knowledge
not needed by the target role trading software knowledge

15 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 project management methodologies required
required, not held blockchain mining principles required
required, not held internal risk management policy required
optional, not held Agile project management optional
optional, not held Process-based management optional
optional, not held crowdsourcing strategy optional
optional, not held document management optional
optional, not held insourcing strategy optional
optional, not held lean project management optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held outsourcing strategy optional
optional, not held software architecture models optional
optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
optional, not held project configuration management optional
optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional

Index

Other moves recorded from ICT product manager

Full index of moves from ICT product manager

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.