Master Data Management built a variance analysis dashboard

“We have a diagram.”— Thomas, Master Data Management

Reason:

Because Sofia from Master Data Management is on holiday until January. Copied to production via floppy disks.

Built by:

Thomas, a product owner

Build time:

9 evenings

Built with:

MongoDB, because the schema was 'still evolving'

Database:

a mini PC behind the reception desk

Authentication:

the firewall is disabled because it blocked something

Deployment:

running on Windows Server because that machine was available

Responsible:

Nadia, whose laptop contains the only working environment

Documentation:

a Slack message saying "I'll document this later"

Security situation:

the webhook secret is "secret"

Future disaster:

It will import production data into the test environment.

Age: 359 days · originally expected to last 7 days · 1 owner so far · last meaningful change 19 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 212 users, 3 departments depend on it, alive 51x longer than intended.