Except.... "You produce timely results" and "your colleagues are aware what you do" is something that does matte, a lot.

And while PR counts and friends aren't a metric to measure people by, that sure are a signal to keep an eye on.

It measures what matters - it helps identify potential problems. Maybe your process started slowing people down, maybe your CQ/CI became a royal pain, maybe a problem is much harder than expected - and maybe some people are slackers.