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2025 February TPM University Newsletter

Doron Katz

02 Feb 2025 — 2 min read

Midwinter is here, second month in to 2025. And it’s been an interesting start to the year so far. Our industry is still dominated by AI, we are still seeing some layoffs from big companies but hopefully the tide is starting to change.

For us fortunate to be in a role, for many of us it’s annual planning season, locking in our organizational goals, what we are committing to for the year and as TPMs we play a pivotal role in shaping our org’s goals. Heads down, and best of luck folks !

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📰 News & Articles of Interest

⭐️ TPM Talk: Logs, Traces, and Metrics

If you’ve spent any time working in software development or SRE teams, you’ve probably heard the terms logs, traces, and metrics thrown around. But what do they actually mean? And more importantly, why should Technical Program Managers care? Observability isn’t just an engineering concern—it plays a huge role in how TPMs manage technical projects, facilitate incident response, and drive continuous improvements. Think of it like this: if your application is a mystery novel, logs, traces, and metrics are the clues you need to figure out who broke production.

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