Diving into program management
As you progress in your career as a TPM, your scope and impact will increase. One way in which your scope will increase is through running programs. Instead of just the day-to-day operation of one project, you will manage or oversee multiple projects with a shared goal.
What is a program?
As discussed in Chapter 1, a program is a combination of multiple projects, often spanning multiple years, that achieves a common goal. Each project may have its own goal, but it will also contribute toward the goal of the program.
Though seemingly straightforward, let’s take a look at it from the perspective of a large, multiple-month project, instead of a program. The first thing you would do is break the project up into smaller deliverables, or milestones. Each of these should deliver a feature or functionality that, when put together with all the other milestones, achieves the goal(s) of the project.
A program is very similar to this concept, but...
