I just finished listening to Johanna Rothman's interview on IT Conversations. I chose to listen to the interview because I've been doing technical phone interviews for some of our new recruits and Johanna is the author of the recent title Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds.

The interview starts from the hiring perspective, e.g. what kind of questions to ask, what kind of things to look out for, etc., but quickly turns to Johanna telling about her thoughts regarding project management in general. Excellent stuff. I highly recommend listening this one.

Just something I've noticed lately:
I've been seeing (and hearing) a lot of small hints and nudges (a word here, another there) about the mistake this industry has made in the last couple of decades -- trying to take the human out of the equation for software development. I honestly can't remember all the places where I've seen that but it's been a lot of places both online and inside soft/hardcovers.

And obviously I agree.

It can't get any easier than this and your help is very much needed down there.