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# [31: Projects Need Ownership, Not Loss of Control](https://johnpoelstra.com/project-ownership-not-control-031/)

Today John examines an article titled “Why project managers need to lose control” by Jason Coghlan from opensource.com. John mostly disagrees with this notion, believing that ownership across the team is more important.

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## Resources

- “[Why project managers need to lose control: Software-driven projects are rarely predictable—so project managers should loosen up and become more agile](https://opensource.com/open-organization/16/9/project-managers-need-lose-control) ” by Jason Coghlan
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