Did they go off the rails at the end, or deadlines force acknowledging that the project is not where folks want it to be? That said, I think I would agree with

Did they go off the rails at the end, or deadlines force acknowledging that the project is not where folks want it to be? That said, I think I would agree with your main concern, there. If they question is "why did the devs make it so that project management didn't work?" Seems silly not to acknowledge why/how project management should have seen the evidence earlier.