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How to use this path

You are not becoming a full-time PM. You are learning enough structure to ship tech work without silent scope creep. Pick one real initiative (migration, release, tool rollout) as your case study.

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Pick the initiative

Something with a date, more than one person, and ambiguity. Perfect.

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Write: goal, success metric, hard deadline (or “none — flow”), constraints.

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Chapter learning outcomes
  • Case study setup
  • Artifacts you’ll produce
  • Lightweight > heavy process

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Side quest

Stakeholder list

List everyone who can say yes, no, or “surprise change.”