Situational Ironing
We are really at a loss for good near-real-time managerial information. SAP is just terrible for this stuff. Then you go outside SAP and get yelled at by IT because you’re not being an Enterprise player.
This is one of those deals where everyone’s positions sound reasonable when presented, but you mesh them into reality and it’s all borked.
I really treat the Finance-IT conflict with a sense of noble gamesmanship. Neither side communicates. It’s a chess match. Spin abounds. Spreadsheets get pushed into desktop application space because it’s impossible to create desktop applications.
It’s just a different set of motives. You have Finance getting measured based on how useful their data is. You have IT getting measured based on how well they enforce a reality-divorced policy. “Minimizing step-outs” in the corporate argot.
It could be such a winning partnership. I think it is in some smaller companies.