Project management at a low level (small/agile team) is pure micro management. Why? Because devs end up reporting to a PM everyday. It depends on the company an

Project management at a low level (small/agile team) is pure micro management. Why? Because devs end up reporting to a PM everyday. It depends on the company and the setup, but I’d say most of the time a project within an organization has more power than a team. So a PM can do a lot of damage. Projects are created at a very high level, if you’re a manager you’d actually enjoy having a PM. It’s a good way to know your reports are under “surveillance”. Which is very bad, but I see a lot managers doing that. Though, project management at high level is crutial for a company and a large project. So to answer your question, I believe that the next evolution of project management is no project management. At least at a small scale. A tech lead could be a scrum master reporting to an engineering manager, hosting standups, working closely with a Product Manager (not a project manager) who creates the backlog and a timeline. The engineering manager updates the upper management. I believe adding a PM in the mix would only add more micro management. No project managemers is the future.