Technical Program Manager's Handbook

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Introduction to Program Management

In this chapter, we’ll take what was introduced in Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 and explore it in more depth. As the book progresses, we’ll go deeper into each of the pillars and the traits that define them. To ensure we are not spending time on context building with new examples each time we dive a bit deeper, I’m going to set up the context of this chapter with the introduction of the Mercury program. In this chapter, I’ll define the goals of the program along with the projects that comprise it as a good analog to starting a brand-new program and related projects. Going forward in each chapter, I’ll use this program to examine each area or concept, in detail, as it makes sense in the book.

In this chapter, ...