For the second time now, i started reading the most inspiring book about software project management, ever: Organizational Patterns of Agile Software Development (Coplien, Harrison, 2005). There is a lot of literature about software project management and team motivation. This one does not just show some theoretical approaches but real life learnings and expierience of many years of software development in form of pattern languages. When i read it the first time, 2 years ago, it inspired me to change the way we organize our project team quite radically (and it was for good). While studying this "wise book" (as Grady Brooch called it) for the second time, i discovered another layer of patterns that i now understand and that, given the current status of our team, can now be deployed. This is definitely a book to keep on the shelf nearby to grab and read every now and then. The next patterns to emphasize on will be "completition headroom" and "developer controls process". Can't wait to get into the office tomorrow to start make things better ...