Table 1Transition record

software analysttoenterprise architect

A software analyst already meets 56% of what the enterprise architect role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From software analyst

56%

Overlap1

To enterprise architect

60 Skills carried over

15 Required, not held

57.6 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 57.6

This move: 57.6 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the enterprise architect role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the software analyst 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 60 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A enterprise architect role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a software analyst background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held define software architecture communication, collaboration and creativity
already held business requirements techniques business, administration and law
already held unified modelling language information and communication technologies (icts)
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)

All 60 carried skills, including the 8 the enterprise architect role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 31 missing skills fall into 8 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 information skills 3 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held keep up with the latest information systems solutions required
required, not held collect customer feedback on applications required
required, not held perform risk analysis required

optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
optional, not held analyse business requirements optional
optional, not held monitor technology trends optional
optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional

02 management skills 3 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held review development process of an organisation required
required, not held identify processes for re-engineering required
required, not held perform project management required

optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
optional, not held manage staff optional

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held design enterprise architecture required
required, not held manage ICT data architecture required

optional, not held apply conflict management optional
optional, not held apply systemic design thinking optional
optional, not held build business relationships optional
optional, not held use different communication channels optional

04 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held ICT architectural frameworks required
required, not held information architecture required

optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
optional, not held system design optional

05 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held ICT market required
required, not held business strategy concepts required

optional, not held business process modelling optional

06 working with computers 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held align software with system architectures required
required, not held implement ICT security policies required

optional, not held optimise choice of ICT solution optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a enterprise architect 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 60 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ICT project management methodologies knowledge
already held define software architecture skill
already held design information system skill
already held execute feasibility study skill
already held legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
already held object-oriented modelling knowledge
already held provide ICT consulting advice skill
already held use an application-specific interface skill
already held ABAP knowledge
already held AJAX knowledge
already held APL knowledge
already held ASP.NET knowledge
already held Agile development knowledge
already held Agile project management knowledge
already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
already held C# knowledge
already held C++ knowledge
already held COBOL knowledge
already held CoffeeScript knowledge
already held Common Lisp knowledge
already held DevOps knowledge
already held Erlang knowledge
already held Groovy knowledge
already held Haskell knowledge
already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
already held JavaScript knowledge
already held Lisp knowledge
already held MATLAB knowledge
already held ML (computer programming) knowledge
already held Objective-C knowledge
already held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
already held PHP knowledge
already held Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
already held Perl knowledge
already held Process-based management knowledge
already held Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
already held Prototyping development knowledge
already held Python (computer programming) knowledge
already held R knowledge
already held Rapid application development knowledge
already held Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
already held SAP R3 knowledge
already held SAS language knowledge
already held Scala knowledge
already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
already held Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
already held Spiral development knowledge
already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
already held TypeScript knowledge
already held VBScript knowledge
already held Visual Basic knowledge
already held Waterfall development knowledge
already held business requirements techniques knowledge
already held computer programming knowledge
already held incremental development knowledge
already held iterative development knowledge
already held lean project management knowledge
already held software architecture models knowledge
already held software design methodologies knowledge
already held unified modelling language knowledge

The 2 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held apply ICT system usage policies required

optional, not held apply information security policies optional

08 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary

optional, not held emergent technologies optional

16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
optional, not held apply information security policies optional
optional, not held business process modelling optional
optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
optional, not held optimise choice of ICT solution optional
optional, not held system design optional
optional, not held analyse business requirements optional
optional, not held apply conflict management optional
optional, not held apply systemic design thinking optional
optional, not held build business relationships optional
optional, not held emergent technologies optional
optional, not held manage staff optional
optional, not held monitor technology trends optional
optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
optional, not held use different communication channels optional

41 held skills the enterprise architect role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role ICT problem management techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT project management knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements knowledge
not needed by the target role LDAP knowledge
not needed by the target role LINQ knowledge
not needed by the target role MDX knowledge
not needed by the target role N1QL 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 SPARK knowledge
not needed by the target role SPARQL knowledge
not needed by the target role XQuery knowledge
not needed by the target role analyse ICT system skill
not needed by the target role analyse business processes skill
not needed by the target role core banking software knowledge
not needed by the target role create data models skill
not needed by the target role create project specifications skill
not needed by the target role create prototype of user experience solutions skill
not needed by the target role create software design skill
not needed by the target role data models knowledge
not needed by the target role define technical requirements skill
not needed by the target role develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements skill
not needed by the target role develop software prototype skill
not needed by the target role ensure compliance with company regulations skill
not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
not needed by the target role hybrid model knowledge
not needed by the target role identify ICT system weaknesses skill
not needed by the target role identify ICT user needs skill
not needed by the target role inter-organisational middleware system knowledge
not needed by the target role interact with users to gather requirements skill
not needed by the target role levels of software testing knowledge
not needed by the target role manage ICT legacy implication skill
not needed by the target role manage ICT project skill
not needed by the target role manage system testing skill
not needed by the target role monitor system performance skill
not needed by the target role query languages knowledge
not needed by the target role resource description framework query language knowledge
not needed by the target role service-oriented modelling knowledge
not needed by the target role solve ICT system problems skill
not needed by the target role trading software knowledge

1 further entry not listed here

8 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 architectural frameworks required
required, not held ICT market required
required, not held information architecture required
required, not held business strategy concepts required
optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
optional, not held business process modelling optional
optional, not held system design optional
optional, not held emergent technologies optional

Index

Other moves recorded from software analyst

Full index of moves from software analyst

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.