I worked at a bank in IT, and we called this "shadow IT". When departments and teams have budget but the organizational friction to do anything with it is too m

I worked at a bank in IT, and we called this "shadow IT". When departments and teams have budget but the organizational friction to do anything with it is too much, you end up with a lot of excel, access DBs and stuff built on sharepoint, notes, whatever is available. Life, uh, finds a way. IT groups like to rail against this, but they are also the ones setting up architecture review boards, CAB's and things like new activity committees, where good ideas go to die.