In a post that I wrote a few days ago regarding procurement issues (The pain of procurement), I mentioned that I was waiting for an open source product to be approved. The timeframe given was 20 business days.

I’m pleased to report that it was approved last night. It was a turnaround of about 2 1/2 business days. That exceeds my expectations in every way.

I just would like to see some standards and a different workflow built around the request and approval process. It seems like it would be in the best interests of everyone.