Often, the team lead or senior dev is only aware of their own project, but not of the status of other projects and how they fit into the whole scheme for the co

Often, the team lead or senior dev is only aware of their own project, but not of the status of other projects and how they fit into the whole scheme for the company. Management has a higher level view and often more experience to make the right decisions for the company, that a dev might not be able to make.