I think management that can't code cannot evaluate or understand the products and outcomes of an engineering team. However, in the spirit of the question: I as

I think management that can't code cannot evaluate or understand the products and outcomes of an engineering team. However, in the spirit of the question: I ask them what do they do that ships. I mostly want to know if I can personally deal with them because communicating upwards is difficult, but I am most troubled by a simple answer (e.g. Scrum, Pair, etc).