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Career path and next steps

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Career path and next steps

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- [Instructor] And for our wrap-up, I want to hit the essence of program management, I want to hit program manager code of conduct, some career path stuff, and I want to end with the future of IT. It's an exciting time to be in program management. So the essence of program management is you take a great big job and you break it into manageable tasks. And you manage the risk for those tasks. The thing that I've always enjoyed and embraced about program management is that I am able to define success. I am able to write the rules. This to me is rewarding. It does take some work but you can set yourself and your coworkers up for success every time. We've talked before about how program management is situational. You apply hard skills and soft skills. Let's talk again about the hard skills. So picking the right tool for the job and using those tools to great effect such as bug management, change control, defect management, work structure breakdown, task tracking, those things are hard…

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