[cylentwolf]

The trick is that then he is the throughput of his team into all the systems. So he can see if someone is having trouble with a bit of the code i.e. they haven't finished a part of the project. The Senior Dev can then pair code etc to help out. This will assuage the admin monkey syndrome when an answer comes up.

But the answer is brilliant cause it also gives him the ability to see what his team is working on and how they are working on it.