Course curriculum
Stage 1
Pre-Foundations
- 1120 min
Is TPM Right for You?
- 2120 min
The TPM Landscape
A practitioner-grade curriculum for engineers, PMs, and consultants becoming Technical Program Managers at Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Stripe. You learn dependency mapping, critical-path execution, RAID logs, Working Backwards PR/FAQ, and the executive-comms patterns (TL;DR + 3 risks + ask) that get programs unblocked — paired with the named frameworks (DACI, RACI, DRI, Tiger Teams) senior TPMs actually use in S-Team and launch-readiness reviews.
Is TPM Right for You?
The TPM Landscape
Program Planning Fundamentals
Agile & Scrum for TPMs
Technical Literacy for TPMs
Stakeholder Communication Essentials
Pre-Mortems & Decision Reviews
Program Rituals: Planning, Standups, Retros
Risk Management & Mitigation
Dependency Mapping & Cross-Team Coordination
OKRs & Roadmap Planning
Understanding Technical Architecture
Cross-Team Coordination & Dependency Tracking
Executive Communication & Status Reporting
Launch Management & Go-Live Playbook
Incident Response & Crisis Management
Vendor & Third-Party Management
Program Metrics & Reporting
Infrastructure & Platform Programs
Data & ML Program Management
Security & Compliance Programs
Platform Program Management — Shipping to Internal Developer Platforms
AI/ML Program Management — Coordinating Model Rollouts in 2026
Agentic Coordination — Running Programs with Human + AI Agent Teams
Post-RIF Program Triage — Surviving Mid-Program Headcount Cuts