Metrics is what allows the project to be tracked quantitively vs qualitatively. It takes away bias and personal opinions replacing them with numeric values of accomplishment. These allow companies to begin to understand what needs to be done with a project. If a project is returning negative values, they know to look at spending and time management. When working with large budgets, such as the multimillion dollar projects, it is easy to lose track of how much is being spent and where the money is going. When the metrics is showing that a project is running well management can focus its efforts on the projects that are struggling. Most higher-level management positions are dealing with a multitude of projects and metrics helps management know where issues are in order to increase their personal efficiency.