The experts from the Ministry of Transport have stated before the Supreme Court that the purchase of masks during the pandemic went from four to eight million in just thirteen minutes. The change occurred without verbal or written justification, by direct order of the scheme. The company Soluciones de Gestión conditioned the supply on that quantity, threatening to deliver nothing if it was not accepted. No one was able to explain the reason for the change in criteria during the internal audit.
The urgency algorithm for uncontrolled orders 🚨
In the field of software development, a change in requirements of this magnitude in such a short time would trigger an immediate alert in any version control system. A modification that doubles the scope of an order without a ticket, an impact analysis, or a confirmation email would be considered an anomaly. Project management protocols establish that every variation must be documented and validated. In this case, the lack of digital traceability evidences an opaque process, where the priority was not technical efficiency but adaptation to an external imposition.
Thirteen minutes to double masks and faith in procedures ⏳
Thirteen minutes. That is the time it took to double the mask order. Less than it takes to process a request at a single window or find the correct form on the ministry's website. If we applied that speed to daily bureaucracy, booking an appointment would be a matter of seconds. But no, agility only works when it comes to bypassing procedures. For everything else, there is always a form to fill out and a stamp to wait for.