There are a lot of books on the market about project management in general and software project management in particular. More than 6,000 of them.
They all appear to think that software project management is a good thing -- at least the brand they preach.
I've threatened to publish a book saying that it ain't so. Giving details, arguments and examples. Sounds radical -- but it's not. Most sensible, productive software people know that software project management's effectiveness is best compared to the fineness of the emperor's new clothes:
In publishing this book, I'm not doing any more than the little boy in the story, who cried out "But he's not wearing anything at all!" In other words, I'm just saying what everyone who isn't blind already knows.
The book is now available on Amazon for Kindle. I even made a nerdy cover for it:
My hope with this book is to assure the people who know there's something deeply wrong with project management orthodoxy that they're sane people. but living in an asylum which the inmates have taken over. I hope the book will arm them with the concepts they need to make a break for it, so they can experience the fresh air and freedom they deserve.
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