Upper management trying to drive software results by metrics is like trying to win a war with metrics unrelated to battle outcomes. You must produce X number o

Upper management trying to drive software results by metrics is like trying to win a war with metrics unrelated to battle outcomes. You must produce X number of tanks, your forces must fire Y bullets, you should minimize the number of retreats. If you try to manage with no understanding of what's happening on the front lines (and upper management generally can't understand the front lines unless they've worked there recently), you're not going to win the war.