Enterprise Architecture built a debt collection dashboard

“We didn't have time for architecture.”— Marketing Manager

Reason:

Honestly? Because the dashboard is updated manually every Friday. With 1785 users and zero documentation.

Built by:

Chen, a key account manager

Build time:

7 evenings

Built with:

an Electron app wrapping a website

Database:

Teams chat history

Authentication:

the password was last changed 34 days ago

Deployment:

deployed on Thursday immediately before a public holiday

Responsible:

"digital transformation"

Documentation:

Jens's memory

Security situation:

the cookie banner is the security feature

Future disaster:

It will discover its own timezone policy in production.

Age: 2.1 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 5 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 74 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: 520 users, alive 107x longer than intended, 3 departments depend on it.