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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

Diving into data structures

Though a TPM is not held to the same level of proficiency as a software developer, we should understand the basic concepts of programming. We’ll cover the programming topics that come up the most in your day-to-day activities.

A Data structures and algorithms class was likely in your first or second year in college if you took a traditional route. As with most of the programming fundamentals, you won’t be using this yourself in your day-to-day work. However, you can think of them as a strong foundation for the language that your development team will be used in most conversations you have with them.

I’ll briefly go over a few of the more common data structures that I come across in design meetings, standups, and general work conversations. I encourage you to read through the books in the Further reading section on this topic for a more in-depth review. Even if you’ve taken the class and remember the concepts, it’...

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