Entire generation of IT managers set to lose jobs as frugal companies embrace automation?
Recently read an article in Economic Times Entire generation of IT managers set to lose jobs as frugal companies embrace automation . I started analyzing which areas of project management are lost to agile and which to tools (automation). Integration Management : This is redundant to some extent because of agile adoption in projects. Also depends on the kind of projects. But in most projects which are agile we do not need a manager for this. Scope management : When you take things in small sips, no need to worry about breaking your belly. Your system can handle the small sips easily. Scope is not an issue if you are agile. Time management : When you are agile you build what gives more bang for the buck. There are also many tools which track remaining effort, velocity of the team which again do not need a full time manager. Quality management : Team defining definition of done and follow do not need a person to manage quality. Team will do it. Communication management : Agile presc...