Technical Program Manager's Handbook: Empowering managers to efficiently manage technical projects and build a successful career path

Explore the different aspects of the technical program manager's role in the tech world and get ready to advance your career across the Big Five tech companies

Key Features:

• Uncover the secret to becoming a successful technical program manager
• Learn some of the system design principles and architectural concepts necessary for a TPM
• Get up and running with a wide range of foundational program management topics

Book Description:

The technical program manager (TPM) is a relatively new role born out of the need of the tech industry to have a specialized practitioner who speaks both tech and business and leverages this bilingual talent to get results that no one else can.

This book dives into what makes a TPM tick. You'll find out which project and program management skills will help you shine and how you can apply your technical skills for effective results. 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 identifies the career paths for a TPM at the Big Five to help you decide the next step for you.

By the end of this book, you'll have a clear understanding of how to be a TPM, along with a breakdown of the necessary technical and program management skills to develop a clear roadmap for your career.

What You Will Learn:

• Investigate why a TPM is an important role in the tech industry
• Understand the purpose and uniqueness of the TPM role
• Discover what makes a successful TPM
• Navigate project management with your unique technical skills
• Explorer the career opportunities available for a TPM
• Compare the TPM role and responsibilities across the Big Five tech leaders

Who this book is for:

This TPM book is for aspiring and established technical program managers in the tech industry. To get the most out of this book, you should have a basic understanding of the project management life cycle and be comfortable with technical concepts as we dive into basic system design and architecture landscapes in context to the TPM role and expectations.

探索技術計畫經理在科技界的不同層面，並準備在五大科技公司中推進您的職業生涯。

主要特點：
- 揭示成為成功的技術計畫經理的秘訣
- 學習一些對於技術計畫經理而言必要的系統設計原則和架構概念
- 熟悉各種基礎計畫管理主題

書籍描述：
技術計畫經理（TPM）是一個相對較新的角色，源於科技行業對於一位能夠同時擁有技術和商業能力的專業人士的需求，並利用這種雙語才能獲得其他人無法達到的成果。

本書深入探討了TPM的核心要素。您將了解哪些專案和計畫管理技能能夠幫助您脫穎而出，以及如何運用您的技術能力獲得有效的結果。本書還關注五大科技公司（Amazon、Google、Microsoft、Apple和Meta）中的TPM角色，以幫助您辨識出無論在哪家公司工作，都能夠取得成功的最有效技能。

您已經是一位表現良好的TPM，並想知道接下來該做什麼嗎？本書將為您辨識在五大科技公司中TPM的職業發展道路，以幫助您決定下一步。

通過閱讀本書，您將清楚了解如何成為一位TPM，並獲得發展職業生涯所需的必要技術和計畫管理技能的詳細路線圖。

您將學到：
- 探究為何TPM在科技行業中扮演重要角色
- 理解TPM角色的目的和獨特性
- 發現成功TPM的關鍵要素
- 利用您獨特的技術能力進行專案管理
- 探索TPM的職業機會
- 比較五大科技領導者中TPM的角色和責任

本書適合對於科技行業中的技術計畫經理有志之士和已經建立起一定基礎的人士。為了充分利用本書，您應該對專案管理生命週期有基本的了解，並對於技術概念感到舒適，因為我們將深入探討基礎系統設計和架構在TPM角色和期望中的應用。