Supply Chain built a release readiness checklist

“It's not shadow IT if the manager knows about it.”— Head of Operations

Reason:

Mainly because nobody had tested it on an iPad. Built during an offsite instead of the thing they were asked to build.

Built by:

Miriam, an intern

Build time:

a long Thursday

Built with:

an Electron app wrapping a website

Database:

a folder called DO_NOT_DELETE_OLD

Authentication:

the certificate is self-signed and everybody clicked through

Deployment:

running on a development server labelled DO NOT RESTART

Responsible:

a shared mailbox nobody reads

Documentation:

a Notion page titled "New docs"

Security situation:

the penetration test found it by accident

Future disaster:

It will outlive the vendor that was supposed to replace it.

Age: 95 days · originally expected to last 2 months · 2 owners so far · last meaningful change 74 days ago · original builder left 60 days ago

Rated legendary mostly because: €1.8m per year, 517 users, nobody owns it.