Gain insights into the TPgM role with best practices, frameworks, and essential skills. Learn about technical breadth, leadership, and career paths while improving hands-on program management performance.

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This is a practical guide for the technical program manager (TPgM) role. This course provides best practices and frameworks for job performance improvement, and is suitable for aspiring TPgMs looking to improve their skills.

This course outlines the role of a TPgM and how it varies with company size. You’ll learn the technical program management process, covering its main foundations; such as trust, program management, technical breadth, and leadership; and how essential they are to a program’s success. Each foundational skill is explained in detail, focusing on the program management lifecycle. The course concludes by presenting a career ladder for technical program managers.

After completing this course, you’ll improve your craft as a TPgM through hands-on practice rather than just theoretical knowledge. You’ll also come to understand how a career in technical program management can provide a sense of fulfillment by seeing the positive impact of your projects on the world.

Technical Program Management: A Practitioner's Guide

Let’s review the core artifacts that a technical program manager should produce.

Before Getting Started

Introduction to the Technical Program Manager

Foundation I: Trust

Foundation II: Program Management Baseline

Foundation II: Program Initiation

Foundation II: Program Planning

Foundation II: Program Execution

Foundations II: Program Evaluation

Foundations II: Program Closure

Foundations II: Program Discovery

Foundations III: Technical

Foundations IV: Leadership

Career Planning & Final Thoughts

Baseline Outputs

Program artifacts