Yup. And after getting dinged once or twice in a review, metrics get gamed consciously or unconsciously. The mind tends to avoid pain. If management lays down

Yup. And after getting dinged once or twice in a review, metrics get gamed consciously or unconsciously. The mind tends to avoid pain. If management lays down some metric like "higher velocity by 20%" or "20% more bugs closed", don't be surprised when they get it and it turns out to not really be effective. (From imperceptible Story Point Inflation to 20% more technical debt, or bugs mysteriously skipping the bug tracking system...)