There's a place for PMs. If you're willing to step into shoes other than your own, start by reading PeopleWare [1]. And then dig into the origins of self-managi

There's a place for PMs. If you're willing to step into shoes other than your own, start by reading PeopleWare [1]. And then dig into the origins of self-managing Scrum and have a read through Takeuchi and Nonaka's paper[2]. When you're done, I'd love to hear your thoughts on PMs, and why we're still making the same mistakes we made, and wrote books about, 30 years ago. [1] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0932633439/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0932633439/ [2] http://hbr.org/product/new-new-product-development-game/an/86116-PDF-ENG http://hbr.org/product/new-new-product-development-game/an/8...