A method includes performing operations as follows on a processor: receiving a notification from a mobile application management server in an enterprise through which mobile device usage policies for the enterprise are managed that a policy change has occurred with respect to use of mobile devices in the enterprise, communicating with a work planning system in the enterprise to determine whether the policy change adversely affects work planned by an end user, and sending an alert to the mobile application management server responsive to a determination that the policy change adversely affects the work planned by the user.