Consider a situation in which the project manager $($a generalist$)$ is asked to provide an evaluation of a functional employee $($a specialist$).$ Can the project manager effectively evaluate the functional employee on technical performance? If not, then on what information can the project manager base her$/$his evaluation? Can a grade$-7$ generalist evaluate a grade$-12$ specialist? Think about this. From my personal experience, there were many instances as a contractor that this situation happened. As a matter of fact I managed $3$ other contractors that were subject matter experts on different facets of the project but my GTL $($Group Task Lead$)$ asked for my insight all the time. Please explain as everyone has a different position.