I am project manager. The issue is that usually, when you go down the "project management" path, you end up having more people managing than actually working (b

I am project manager. The issue is that usually, when you go down the "project management" path, you end up having more people managing than actually working (because no smart person wants to report to someone who is not evidently better than him/herself.) Also, the more people managing, the more management reporting artifacts the developers have to produce or at least reiterate, and the more incentive is given to the smart team members to disregard any authority and play the system. I agree with the project manager as an entropy crusher, but creativity requires entropy. The ideal PM should manage entropy, not crush it (e.g. during definition entropy has to increase, as you approach delivery it has to decrease.)