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

ICT project managertoproject support officer

A ICT project manager already meets 49% of what the project support officer role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT project manager
49%
Overlap1
To project support officer
18 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
55.2 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 55.2

This move: 55.2 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the project support officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT project 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A project support officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT project manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held carry out project activities management skills
  • already held draft project documentation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held maintain a central project repository information skills
  • already held organise project meetings management skills
  • already held project configuration management business, administration and law
  • already held manage project changes management skills

All 18 carried skills, including the 12 the project support officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 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 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held manage administrative systems required
  • required, not held introduce new employees required
  • required, not held monitor the conformance to the project methodology required
  • optional, not held customise project methodologies optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
02 information skills 2 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held create a financial report required
  • required, not held document project progress required
  • optional, not held organise information on availability of the team optional
  • optional, not held conduct quality control analysis optional
  • optional, not held maintain financial records optional
  • optional, not held manage project metrics optional
  • optional, not held perform PESTEL analysis optional
03 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held project management methodology (PM²) required
  • required, not held project management principles required
  • optional, not held Prince2 project management optional
04 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with legal requirements required
  • required, not held follow company standards required
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held liaise with managers required
  • optional, not held maintain internal communication systems optional
  • optional, not held manage relationships with stakeholders optional
06 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required
  • required, not held office software required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a project support 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 18 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held carry out project activities skill
  • already held draft project documentation skill
  • already held estimate duration of work skill
  • already held maintain a central project repository skill
  • already held manage project information skill
  • already held organise project meetings skill
  • already held perform risk analysis skill
  • already held project configuration management knowledge
  • already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
  • already held quality assurance methodologies knowledge
  • already held train employees skill
  • already held use ICT ticketing system skill
  • already held Agile project management knowledge
  • already held lean project management knowledge
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held manage project changes skill
  • already held perform project management skill
  • already held quality standards knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage standard enterprise resource planning system optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held Prince2 project management optional
  • optional, not held manage standard enterprise resource planning system optional
  • optional, not held organise information on availability of the team optional
  • optional, not held conduct quality control analysis optional
  • optional, not held customise project methodologies optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
  • optional, not held maintain financial records optional
  • optional, not held maintain internal communication systems optional
  • optional, not held manage project metrics optional
  • optional, not held manage relationships with stakeholders optional
  • optional, not held perform PESTEL analysis optional
53 held skills the project support officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Agile development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role DevOps knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT process quality models knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Open source model knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Outsourcing model knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Process-based management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Prototyping development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Rapid application development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Spiral development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Waterfall development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse business plans skill
  • not needed by the target role apply change management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role blockchain mining principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role coach employees skill
  • not needed by the target role create project specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role crowdsourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role define roadmap for blockchain in applications skill
  • not needed by the target role define technical requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role define technology strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role develop blockchain technology skill
  • not needed by the target role develop information standards skill
  • not needed by the target role digital systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role document management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role execute ICT audits skill
  • not needed by the target role hybrid model knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role implement ICT risk management skill
  • not needed by the target role incremental development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role insourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role internal risk management policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role iterative development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill

13 further entries not listed here

4 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 office software required
  • required, not held project management methodology (PM²) required
  • required, not held project management principles required
  • optional, not held Prince2 project management optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ICT project manager

Full index of moves from ICT project 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.