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Questions about managers getting excessively involved with the details of projects.

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Should a PM assign fine-grained tasks to individuals, or do we have an over-zealous PM?

TL;DR Would a PM normally be assigning fine-grained tasks to individuals in a small team[?] Your question is non-deterministic. Project management is simply a discipline; the scope of the projec …
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How can I manage team distractions like chit-chat?

Conversation is Not Inherently Disruptive I work with a team of developers who are talented but often distract each other with chit-chat. You say they are "talented but distracted." What makes y …
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Giving PMs a view of developer resource

Your Capacity Planning and Prioritization Processes Need Re-Engineering You appear to be attempting to solve the wrong problem by treating this as an individual-availability issue. This is most likel …
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