Technical Program Manager's Handbook Empowering Managers to Efficiently Manage Technical Projects and Build a Successful Career Path
This book looks at the TPM role across the Big Five tech companies (Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Meta) to help you discern the most effective skills to be successful no matter which company you work for. Are you already a well-performing TPM looking to see what's next? This book identi...
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Birmingham
Packt Publishing, Limited
2022
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Insights into the TPM life from interviews
- A quick look into the main TPM career levels
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Pillars of a Technical Program Manager
- Understanding project management
- Exploring the typical project management tactics
- Diving into program management
- What is a program?
- Typical program management tactics
- Exploring the technical toolset
- Discovering the effectiveness of your technical toolset
- Summary
- Part 2: Fundamentals of Program Management
- Chapter 3: Introduction to Program Management
- Introducing the Mercury program
- Mercury program scope
- Defining milestones and the feature list of a plan
- Planning resources in a technology landscape
- Prioritization
- Team overhead
- Tooling for resource planning
- When planning has to be quick
- Exploring the differences between a project and a program
- Tooling
- Planning
- Knowing when to define a program
- Summary
- Further reading
- Chapter 6: Risk Management
- Driving clarity in risk assessment
- Risk identification
- Risk analysis
- Updating the plan
- Risk tracking
- Documenting the progress
- Tools and methodologies
- When risk assessment needs to be quick
- Mercury project structure
- Examining the program-project intersection
- Exploring the management areas
- Project plan
- Project and program risks
- Stakeholder plan
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Driving Toward Clarity
- Clarifying thoughts into plans
- Using clarity in key management areas
- Planning
- Risk assessment
- Stakeholders and communication
- Finding clarity in the technical landscape
- Summary
- Chapter 5: Plan Management
- Driving clarity from requirements to planned work
- Project management tools
- Diving deep into the project plan
- When planning has to be quick
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright and Credits
- Foreword
- Contributors
- About the reviewers
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part 1: Pillars of a Technical Program Manager
- Chapter 1: Fundamentals of a Technical Program Manager
- Understanding the modern TPM
- Old title, new meaning
- Learning the fundamentals
- The Systems Development Life Cycle
- Exploring what makes a TPM thrive
- Driving to get things done
- Driving towards clarity
- Communication bridges
- Comparing adjacent job families
- Wearing many hats
- Exploring functional competencies across the industry
- Managing risks in a technology landscape
- Technical risks in the Mercury program
- Exploring the differences between a project and a program
- Assessment
- Summary
- Chapter 7: Stakeholder Management
- Driving clarity in stakeholder management
- Stand-up
- Status update
- Monthly business review (MBR)
- Quarterly business review (QBR)
- Communication timing
- Defining your stakeholders
- Exploring the dos and don'ts for status reports
- Managing stakeholders in a technology landscape
- Communication systems
- Tooling
- Technical versus non-technical stakeholders