Situations like this one are just sad yet unfortunately quite common in the enterprise segment. There's this dilemma that the people buying the software and ma

Situations like this one are just sad yet unfortunately quite common in the enterprise segment. There's this dilemma that the people buying the software and mandating its use aren't the ones who end up having to use it. So, often ridiculously complex workarounds happen in order to comply with company policy yet still be able to get any work done at all. This quite likely is one of the largest productivity sinks in industrialised societies. There are ways to amend these issues but they require a change both in company policies and in thinking: Allow departments and teams to choose their tools. Have a repository of internally developed tools (Excel spreadsheets, bespoke CRUD applications, shell scripts etc.) for others to share and build upon. Put an emphasis on software quality and user experience.