Understanding Code Development Expectations
Explore the core code development expectations for Technical Project Managers, focusing on understanding programming basics, data structures, and design patterns. This lesson helps you grasp key coding concepts that enable effective communication and decision-making with technical teams, building the foundation needed to bridge gaps without writing code yourself.
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In this chapter, we’ll cover code development expectations for a TPM. Though programming isn’t a core competency that you should expect to see come up in an interview, it is foundational to project and program success. If we don’t understand what our team is doing, and if we can’t relate, push back, and advise, then we will constantly be in the dark.
Trust is a very important part of being a leader. We need to be able to trust that our team knows what they are doing and are making the right decisions, but we also need to be able to verify progress and be there for our team when they need our input. Without understanding the basics of programming, it will be hard to achieve the right ...