Table 1Transition record

operations managertoICT project manager

A operations manager already meets 39% of what the ICT project manager role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From operations manager

39%

Overlap1

To ICT project manager

21 Skills carried over

12 Required, not held

69.9 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

39%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

69.9/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the ICT project manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the operations 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 14 of its required skills as things a operations manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

build business relationships
create project specifications
estimate duration of work
internal risk management policy
manage budgets
manage project information

What stands in the way is 12 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 21 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 operations manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held manage project information information skills
already held insourcing strategy business, administration and law
already held outsourcing strategy business, administration and law
already held create project specifications management skills
already held internal risk management policy business, administration and law
already held apply change management management skills

All 21 carried skills, including the 14 the ICT project manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 50 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, 5 supplementary

required, not held define technology strategy required
required, not held manage ICT project required
required, not held manage project changes required

optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
optional, not held carry out project activities optional
optional, not held define technical requirements optional
optional, not held develop information standards optional
optional, not held organise project meetings optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held apply conflict management required
required, not held coach employees required
required, not held define roadmap for blockchain in applications required

optional, not held draft project documentation optional
optional, not held manage localisation optional

03 business, administration and law 2 required, 6 supplementary

required, not held ICT project management required
required, not held ICT project management methodologies required

optional, not held Agile project management optional
optional, not held Process-based management optional
optional, not held crowdsourcing strategy optional
optional, not held lean project management optional
optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
optional, not held project configuration management optional

04 information skills 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held analyse business plans required
required, not held identify legal requirements 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

05 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 19 supplementary

required, not held blockchain mining principles required

optional, not held Agile development optional
optional, not held DevOps optional
optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
optional, not held Open source model optional
optional, not held Outsourcing model optional
optional, not held Prototyping development optional
optional, not held Rapid application development optional
optional, not held Spiral development optional
optional, not held Waterfall development optional
optional, not held hybrid model optional
optional, not held incremental development optional
optional, not held iterative development optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held software architecture models optional
optional, not held software design methodologies optional
optional, not held digital systems optional
optional, not held systems development life-cycle 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 21 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held build business relationships skill
already held create project specifications skill
already held estimate duration of work skill
already held internal risk management policy knowledge
already held manage budgets skill
already held manage project information skill
already held manage staff skill
already held perform project management skill
already held perform resource planning skill
already held perform risk analysis skill
already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
already held quality standards knowledge
already held recruit employees skill
already held train employees skill
already held apply change management skill
already held create solutions to problems skill
already held insourcing strategy knowledge
already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
already held outsourcing strategy knowledge
already held perform procurement processes skill
already held quality assurance methodologies 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

38 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held Agile development optional
optional, not held Agile project management optional
optional, not held DevOps optional
optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
optional, not held Open source model optional
optional, not held Outsourcing model optional
optional, not held Process-based management optional
optional, not held Prototyping development optional
optional, not held Rapid application development optional
optional, not held Spiral development optional
optional, not held Waterfall development optional
optional, not held crowdsourcing strategy optional
optional, not held document management optional
optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
optional, not held hybrid model optional
optional, not held implement ICT risk management optional
optional, not held incremental development optional
optional, not held iterative development optional
optional, not held lean project management optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held software architecture models optional
optional, not held software design methodologies optional
optional, not held use e-procurement optional
optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
optional, not held carry out project activities optional
optional, not held define technical requirements optional
optional, not held develop information standards optional
optional, not held digital systems 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 manage localisation optional
optional, not held organise project meetings optional
optional, not held project configuration management optional
optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
optional, not held use ICT ticketing system optional

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

Skill Type

not needed by the target role accounting knowledge
not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
not needed by the target role advise on efficiency improvements skill
not needed by the target role advise on utility consumption skill
not needed by the target role align efforts towards business development skill
not needed by the target role assess financial viability skill
not needed by the target role assess supplier risks skill
not needed by the target role budget for financial needs skill
not needed by the target role contract law knowledge
not needed by the target role control financial resources skill
not needed by the target role control of expenses skill
not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
not needed by the target role create a financial report skill
not needed by the target role database quality standards knowledge
not needed by the target role develop business case skill
not needed by the target role develop revenue generation strategies skill
not needed by the target role develop staff skill
not needed by the target role employment law knowledge
not needed by the target role energy conservation knowledge
not needed by the target role ensure equipment availability skill
not needed by the target role ensure equipment maintenance skill
not needed by the target role establish daily priorities skill
not needed by the target role estimate profitability skill
not needed by the target role evaluate employees skill
not needed by the target role evaluate project plans skill
not needed by the target role facilities management in the organisation knowledge
not needed by the target role follow company standards skill
not needed by the target role handle customer complaints skill
not needed by the target role impart business plans to collaborators skill
not needed by the target role implement corporate governance skill
not needed by the target role information confidentiality knowledge
not needed by the target role interpret financial statements skill
not needed by the target role liaise with government officials skill
not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
not needed by the target role maintain customer service skill
not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
not needed by the target role make data-driven decisions skill
not needed by the target role make investment decisions skill
not needed by the target role make strategic business decisions skill
not needed by the target role manage facilities services skill

30 further entries not listed here

29 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 required
required, not held ICT project management methodologies required
required, not held blockchain mining principles required
optional, not held Agile development optional
optional, not held Agile project management optional
optional, not held DevOps optional
optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
optional, not held Open source model optional
optional, not held Outsourcing model optional
optional, not held Process-based management optional
optional, not held Prototyping development optional
optional, not held Rapid application development optional
optional, not held Spiral development optional
optional, not held Waterfall development optional
optional, not held crowdsourcing strategy optional
optional, not held document management optional
optional, not held hybrid model optional
optional, not held incremental development optional
optional, not held iterative development optional
optional, not held lean project management optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held software architecture models optional
optional, not held software design methodologies optional
optional, not held digital systems optional
optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
optional, not held project configuration management optional
optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional

Index

Other moves recorded from operations manager

Full index of moves from operations 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.