Technical Program Management – Page 2

Ten tips for Influencing without Authority

April 24, 2021May 18, 2021 Sree influencing without authority

Influencing skill is one of the most valuable leadership traits. This skill is particularly important to Program Managers since we

Program Management

Smartcuts to mitigate 3 common fallacies/biases in Program Management

February 28, 2021March 1, 2021 Sree Fallacies in Program Management, Planning fallacy, Status quo bias, Sunk cost fallacy

I recently started learning more about good decision making and read Daniel Kahneman’s famous “Thinking Fast and Slow” book. It

Program Management

Tracking Project Statuses using Rainbow colors – VIBGYOR

February 8, 2021February 28, 2021 Sree RAG, track project status

One of the key responsibilities of a TPM is to track program/project statuses. RAG (Red, Amber, Green) are the standard

Career Program Management

Five tips for your first 30 days as a TPM

January 24, 2021April 24, 2021 Sree first 30 days, TPM onboarding

Starting a new job is both exciting and nerve wrecking. Looking back at my career, I did not have a

Career Program Management

2020 Retrospective

December 31, 2020January 10, 2021 Sree

Man proposes, God disposes. That perfectly sums up 2020. I had several plans in 2020 but like all of us,

Brave Framework for difficult conversations

Career Program Management

BRAVE – A Method for Successful Difficult Conversations

October 11, 2020October 12, 2020 Sree Difficult Conversation, GHC2020, vGHC2020

I volunteered to be an official blogger for GHC20 (#GHC20, #GHC) and BRAVE framework presentation was one of my favorites.

Career

Confessions of a first time GHC speaker

October 3, 2020October 6, 2020 Sree GHC, GHC Speaker, GHC2020, mentor circle, mentoringcirclesGHC2020, vGHC20, vGHC2020

Summarizes the process for submitting a proposal to be a GHC Speaker.

Technical

Non-functional requirements basics

August 16, 2020August 23, 2020 Sree NFR, NFRs, Non-functional requirements

Non-functional requirements (NFRs) are as important as business/functional requirements of any systems we implement. They outline the system constraints like

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Database Basics

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 Sree database, sql vs. nosql

Data is the backbone of every application and a database is used to store the data. One of the common

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Computer server basics

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 Sree hardware

Here are some basic concepts that TPMs need to be familiar with. They are useful when your teams are determining