How to Become a TPM
I am often asked how did I become a TPM or what can I do to become a TPM? I have to admit it is not an easy question. Program Management is different than many other information technology fields in that it doesn’t really have a traditional path to it. You can go to school…
Path to Green. How to get a project back on track
Being a TPM on a project or a program that is going well is not very challenging. The team you are leading is a well oiled machine that keeps delivering features at a speed of light, delighting customers and leadership teams alike while you are just basking in the sunlight and delivering great news, while…
Interview Prep Resources for TPMs
Preparing for interviews isn’t easy. There is a variety of topics to refresh and the amount of unknowns is infinite. However, there are a few resources and steps that can make the process a lot easier. Make sure you are prepared to discuss the details of architecture, system design as well as the design of…
Project Milestone Prioritization – The Quantitative Approach
One of the great struggles of running complex programs is how to prioritize limited resources to work on a number of seemingly critical milestones. The traditional agile approach is to have a rough roadmap, build a backlog and then groom that backlog with the input from the Product Manager to reflect the most important set…
How to elevate your TPM Career
One of the questions new TPMs often ask me is how do I move up in my career, what is the strategy for getting that next promotion. It’s easy to get stagnant and feel like you are not growing as quickly as you would like. There are few proven strategies that can help taking your…
Managing Innovative Programs
The word innovation has a very positive connotation. Forging a new path, trailblazing sounds exciting, interesting, vital to growth. All of these ideas are true. In fact, often times innovation is not a nice to have, it is must have. It is not just what businesses and organizations should do in order to thrive, it…
Program Structure and Executive Sponsor Alignment
Early on in my career as TPM I have realized that a program has almost no chance of success unless there is an early and strong alignment with the business leadership team. The executive leadership team makes key decisions about prioritization and subsequent funding of the any program that is being initiated. The resources are…
Designing a Software System is like Designing a House
When I first started leading software projects that involved system design, I thought system design is some sort of dark magic that only a few special individuals posses. How do these people make decisions that can have such huge implications on the service we are building, and, in a lot of cases, impact on the…
Keys to Business Performance
The their book “Accelerating Performance” Colin Price & Sharon Toyle introduced a concept of META (Mobilize, Execute, Transform, Agility) which their research concludes are the most important keys to why some business succeed and accelerate, while some wither away. Let’s take a quick look at what each of these four factors mean: MobilizeMobilization means aligned…
The Future of IT
Covid-19 had a huge impact on workers all over the world with thousands of people losing their jobs in a variety of industries. However, due to the shelter in place and work from home, large technology companies continued to prosper with Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Netflix turning larger than ever earnings and exponentially increasing the…
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