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Fundamentals of a Technical Program Manager
The role of a program manager, in some form, has been around for as long as humans have organized to accomplish a goal, and the Technical Program Manager (TPM) naturally followed as a result. The TPM plays a powerful role in any technical project or program and has carved its way into the tech industry culture as a mainstay position right alongside software and hardware developers, development managers, and product managers. Even with its ubiquitous role in the industry, the question of what a TPM is and how can we be effective practitioners of this kind is still asked on a daily basis. This book aims to correct that.
In this chapter, we’ll start by discussing how the TPM role became what it is today. ...
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