Agile Bureaucracy - It is possible, with ninjas
Pros
As a member of an acquired organization, the individual organization has a great deal of individual opportunity. We have some great advantages over other area offices. Toolset; Progressive initiatives; Accountability; Location; Salary + Benefits > avg; ample training/ conference opportunities; consistent process evaluation; abandoned off-shore/outsourced software development; local scrum teams led by FTEs augmented with contractors; Diligent release process; dedicated operations support dress development efforts to continue w/out production fire interruptions; maturing Agile processes
Cons
It's not a boutique development environment where developers & engineers have free reign - some folks struggle with a PCI compliant environment. Developer accounts are not admin accounts. Working around the restrictive permissions is a challenge. Ninjas find ways to negotiate the system constraints with fluidity. If one were to strictly follow processes, delivery pace would be quite a bit slower. Often times, a high ranking title associated with your name or close manager buddies are the only way to get a request executed across the enterprise.