I&#x27;ve seen similar behavior and the theory I came up with is that managers are engaged&#x2F;rewarded by being associated with successful projects and technical people that report to them are engaged&#x2F;rewarded by new projects and challenges.<p>I speculated that from their perspective someone tied down to maintaining a very successful project (that continues to make succeed or make money) is in a great position politically and those getting the new green-field projects are being exposed to risk.<p>It reminds me of meetings–managers don&#x27;t realize that they are a drain on the people performing the work because that&#x27;s of course how they work and accomplish things.