Finance built a cash flow forecast

“It's in the backlog.”— Tobias, Finance

Reason:

Officially because the test account belongs to Tobias from a working student. Built during an offsite instead of the thing they were asked to build.

Built by:

Tobias, a product owner

Build time:

7 evenings

Built with:

WordPress with eleven plugins

Database:

a SQLite file inside a Docker volume nobody has backed up

Authentication:

the logout button is on the roadmap

Deployment:

running on Windows Server because that machine was available

Responsible:

nobody. It has no owner.

Documentation:

an email chain containing the phrase "see below" 9 times

Security situation:

the temporary firewall rule is 7 months old

Future disaster:

It will discover the backup password left with Marco.

Age: 4.2 years · originally expected to last 4 weeks · 6 owners so far · survived 2 reorganisations · last meaningful change 74 days ago · original builder left 627 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 51x longer than intended, nobody owns it, the builder has left.