Even a stylesheet change could require the dev manager to pull down a local copy of the site, get it running locally, make the change, then push it - that could

Even a stylesheet change could require the dev manager to pull down a local copy of the site, get it running locally, make the change, then push it - that could take days if something goes wrong. For an engineer who already has a local working copy, it really is a quick change. Of course, it would be very quick if he simply edited the live code - but I, for one, would have some very stern words for a manager who thought he could get away with doing that.