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Technical Program Manager's Handbook

You're reading from   Technical Program Manager's Handbook Empowering managers to efficiently manage technical projects and build a successful career path

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804613559
Length 214 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Joshua Alan Teter Joshua Alan Teter
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: What is a Technical Program Manager?
2. Chapter 1: Fundamentals of a Technical Program Manager FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Pillars of a Technical Program Manager 4. Part 2: Fundamentals of Program Management
5. Chapter 3: Introduction to Program Management 6. Chapter 4: Driving Toward Clarity 7. Chapter 5: Plan Management 8. Chapter 6: Risk Management 9. Chapter 7: Stakeholder Management 10. Chapter 8: Managing a Program 11. Chapter 9: Career Paths 12. Part 3: Technical Toolset
13. Chapter 10: The Technical Toolset 14. Chapter 11: Code Development Expectations 15. Chapter 12: System Design and Architecture Landscape 16. Chapter 13: Enhancing Management Using Your Technical Toolset 17. Index 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Exploring the people manager path

For TPMs, the people manager path goes in two directions for most companies in tech: SDM or TPM manager. Both of these paths switch focus from individual contributions to the company’s success and instead focus on your ability to bring success through others. By growing the careers of the people that report to you, their contributions grow, and the collective contributions of your team grow. The difference in the paths is the composition of your team as well as your mobility upward. Each company is different, but this is true for the Big Five companies that I interviewed for this book. As you will see in an example later, companies outside of the Big Five, or really any of the top tech companies, have their own progression route that may not differentiate between these two people manager paths.

The journey of a people manager can bounce between both SDM and TPM manager. Let’s take a look at the journey of a people manager that held...

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