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Re: Anyone know of tech writers that became program/product managers?

Subject: Re: Anyone know of tech writers that became program/product managers?
From: "Amanda A" <bluestreaker1977 -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 18:09:54 -0700


Thanks Bruce! See my further questions!

a project manager generally has responsibility for a very specific piece of work... a particular version of a software program is ready in time.

a program or product manager is typically responsible for the entire life cycle, not just a single iteration.

When you say lifecycle do you mean the lifecycle of the features for a product... like "In this build, we do X, next build we do Y, and in the third build we realize Z?"

Within the iteration, a program
or product manager may set the specific features, while the project
manager oversees the realization of those features.

The organization is so small I do't thing there is the additional layer of project managers. There is a director of program management, and then there are 4 positions for program managers below that.

How do I get around the "no official project manager experience" and make
the leap to Program Manager without a detailed understanding of the project?

The same as you can any time you try for a career change: By showing
that your existing experience applies to the position you want

Good advice, but in the short term, how do you make yourself productive?

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RE: Anyone know of tech writers that became program/product manag ers?: From: mlist
Re: Anyone know of tech writers that became program/product manag ers?: From: Amanda A
Re: Anyone know of tech writers that became program/product manag ers?: From: Bruce Byfield

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