Finance built a loading dock scheduler

“We didn't have time for architecture.”— Regional Sales Lead

Reason:

Because the dashboard disagrees with Finance by €8,600. With a roadmap in the README, last touched 88 days ago.

Built by:

Ravi, a key account manager

Build time:

a long Thursday

Built with:

Kubernetes, for one container

Database:

an API that returns CSV

Authentication:

the browser says "Not Secure", but only in red

Deployment:

deployed through Jenkins, which has been "temporary" for 8 years

Responsible:

"the team", which is Ravi

Documentation:

a PDF containing screenshots of the old UI

Security situation:

certificate warnings are considered normal

Future disaster:

It will discover there are no backups.

Age: 5.5 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 6 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 19 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 289x longer than intended, 32% chance of becoming business critical, 21 users.