Then one of the requirements on the project manager would be to communicate what his own constraints and objectives are to the team, right? One could imagine a

Then one of the requirements on the project manager would be to communicate what his own constraints and objectives are to the team, right? One could imagine a PM saying to the team: "I go to meetings so you don't have to. But one of the tools I use to keep the finance people happy enough to keep this project fully staffed is those stupid metrics. Help me help you by filling them in."