Well for many things there are "good" reasons. > we don't allow dynamic languages I would translate as "we have now experience in running and maintaining thos

Well for many things there are "good" reasons. > we don't allow dynamic languages I would translate as "we have now experience in running and maintaining those platforms, which causes issues" > require a deploy-window to be announced 21 days in advance" This sounds a bit like ITIL or similar processes in oalce, which are there to ensure the systems are in defined state. > with four(!) managers managing me. Usually those should have different roles. Like technical oversight, communicating with the actual users and getting their requirements, then the IT management for operations and than oversight (variance exists, but lots of things, different stakeholders and as they spent public money they have to do extra documentation of processes for accountability reasons)