Table 1Transition record

project managertoICT project manager

A project manager already meets 51% of what the ICT project manager role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From project manager

51%

Overlap1

To ICT project manager

29 Skills carried over

9 Required, not held

60.8 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

51%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

60.8/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

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

Why

Why this move works

A ICT project manager role treats 17 of its required skills as things a project manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

analyse business plans
apply conflict management
build business relationships
create project specifications
estimate duration of work
identify legal requirements

What stands in the way is 9 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 29 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 project manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

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 manage project changes management skills
already held project configuration management business, administration and law
already held manage project information information skills

All 29 carried skills, including the 17 the ICT project manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 42 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 business, administration and law 3 required, 2 supplementary

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

optional, not held Process-based management optional
optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional

02 management skills 2 required, 4 supplementary

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

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary

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

optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
optional, not held manage localisation optional
optional, not held perform procurement processes optional

04 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

05 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

06 information skills 2 supplementary

optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
optional, not held implement ICT risk management 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 29 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held analyse business plans skill
already held apply conflict management skill
already held build business relationships skill
already held create project specifications skill
already held estimate duration of work skill
already held identify legal requirements skill
already held internal risk management policy knowledge
already held manage budgets skill
already held manage project changes 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 recruit employees skill
already held train employees skill
already held Agile project management knowledge
already held apply change management skill
already held crowdsourcing strategy knowledge
already held draft project documentation skill
already held insourcing strategy knowledge
already held lean project management knowledge
already held maintain a central project repository skill
already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
already held organise project meetings skill
already held outsourcing strategy knowledge
already held project configuration management knowledge
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

33 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

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 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 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 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 create solutions to problems optional
optional, not held define technical requirements optional
optional, not held develop information standards optional
optional, not held digital systems optional
optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
optional, not held manage localisation optional
optional, not held perform procurement processes optional
optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
optional, not held use ICT ticketing system optional

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

Skill Type

not needed by the target role Prince2 project management knowledge
not needed by the target role business processes knowledge
not needed by the target role communication principles knowledge
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 customise project methodologies skill
not needed by the target role design wayside signalling interlockings skill
not needed by the target role develop business plans skill
not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
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 find a replacement for stage manager skill
not needed by the target role follow company standards skill
not needed by the target role legal studies knowledge
not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
not needed by the target role manage logistics skill
not needed by the target role manage project metrics skill
not needed by the target role manage several projects skill
not needed by the target role manage standard enterprise resource planning system skill
not needed by the target role manage supplies skill
not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
not needed by the target role negotiate with stakeholders skill
not needed by the target role office administration knowledge
not needed by the target role perform PESTEL analysis skill
not needed by the target role plan schedule skill
not needed by the target role program management knowledge
not needed by the target role project management knowledge
not needed by the target role project management methodology (PM²) knowledge
not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
not needed by the target role quantity surveying knowledge
not needed by the target role risk identification knowledge
not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
not needed by the target role strive for company growth skill
not needed by the target role supervise daily information operations skill
not needed by the target role total quality control knowledge
not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill

26 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
required, not held quality standards 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 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 document management 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 legal requirements of ICT products optional
optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional

Index

Other moves recorded from project manager

Full index of moves from 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.