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Practically all the actual work a PM does can be replaced with a script and dashboard

That is entirely true if you have an organised, disciplined dev team that communicates well.

Good luck with that.

This isn't true even with a organized, disciplined team. What happens is the responsibilities of get divided out to other people on the team. Usually not the entire team, so some people are stuck with unacknowledged overhead.

Unacknowledged overhead happens even with a PM present. Usually it's work that is absolutely critical to getting a project done but a PM would tell you it's a waste of time if you brought it up with them.

Thank you. Another vital point - trying to tell people the real critical path is over there but no-one agreed it in the plan is .. ahh well

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