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What is a Program Manager anyway?

What is a Program Manager anyway?

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There seems to be a little confusion out there with CNet announcing that I've been appointed as a new IE evangelist http://news.com.com/Microsoft+appoints+a+new+IE+evangelist/2100-1032_3-5243583.html

Actually as I stated in a previous post I'll be on the Program Management team which means I'll be a Program Manager. What does a Program Manager do? It varys from team to team but they write specifications, plan schedules and generally ensure decisions get made and everything is going to plan. As with other products at Microsoft there is a team of Program Managers that work on Internet Explorer alongside development, test and documentation personnel. Program managers generally have responsibility for specific feature areas on the product, my particular focus is likely to be customer interaction but I'll undoubtedly be doing other work as well.

Thanks for all the feedback so far, we really do appreciate it. There's no need to repeat requests already made as this isn't a poll to see what is most popular. I think it's safe to say that we have heard the requests for tabbed browsing although interestingly there have been a few requests for us not to implement that feature. I can also tell you that it's unlikely that we'll start to use another browser such as Mozilla/Gecko in Windows but thanks for the helpful suggestion anyway. Do let us know if there's anything you don't see already listed, as all the feedback is useful. The Wiki on Channel 9 is an excellent place to have this conversation and probably a little more effective than the long string of comments to my blog..

 

  • Dave,

    I commented my 2 cents about the changes to IE. I don't think people read the other +300 comments, but just added their comments from their perspective. I personally would love dragable tabbed windows...:)

    - Pat
    United Space Alliance
  • As long as posting to Channel 9 will *require* giving an e-mail adress, i will stick to your blog, Dave. :)
  • Asa Dotzler rapporte que l'équipe de développement d'Internet Explorer a mis en place un blog collaboratif sur MSDN. Dean le Product Unit Manager d'IE présente les buts de l'IEBlog :

    Our goal in this blog is to be a good place, direct from the source, for information about IE. What are we working on? How do we make decisions? Why does some part of IE work the way it does? What keeps us up late at night? What are we thinking of around security, extensibility, and other key areas? Hey, any good tips and tricks?
    Some people on the team have already been doing this on their own (see the links to the left), and I expect them to continue. We'll do our best to round up information from other sites as well as providing original content. We'll also do our best to make this useful and enjoyable. At any time, please tell us how we're doing.
    p.s. we promise an explanation of Microsoft titles, roles, and responsibilities in a future post.

    Scott Stearns, Test Manager d'IE, renouvelle sa profession de foi pour IE (l'emphase est de lui) :

    I am :Scott Stearns, the test manager for the Microsoft Internet Explorer team (as Dean says we will be pulling together full bios of people later). The IE team as we usually say. Some of us have our individual blogs today, but we also wanted to have one that was focused on what we do every day at work – make Internet Explorer the best way for browsing the web. ...
  • Isn't a Program Manager the thing that holds the program groups that you stick your icons in so you can find your programs easier?
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