Kind of. It's mostly a people thing, not a strictly technical thing. A lot depends on the company culture. In my company in theory the IT department is there

Kind of. It's mostly a people thing, not a strictly technical thing. A lot depends on the company culture. In my company in theory the IT department is there to help everyone with their IT needs. In practice interacting with that group is painful because they are not necessarily aligned or motivated by the same things other people are. I can imagine that having an "engineering productivity" group can suffer from similar problems but if the culture is right then it can be a win/win.