Daily stand-ups are a little much, but understandable given the remote work. A specific department is too difficult to work with, it's almost unbearable. Just to ask for a simple task is like asking for the Declaration of Independence to be altered. Along with that, not having the correct tools/access to do your job efficiently is a major pain, which is why you have to engage this department to do it for you. After that - it may or may not get done within the next three months and yet no one seems to care about how they drag their feet on everything - not even senior leadership. It seems they can get away with avoiding tasks under the mask of "process improvement" even when there is customer impact. Way too much "red tape" to get anything done. Priorities seem to shift suddenly (typically when the aforementioned department throws a wrench in the plan). However, it's understandable when the customer doesn't come to the table ready to get moving with implementation- that cannot be avoided.