Contract Management built a customer feedback wall

“We just need it until SAP is updated.”— Ravi, Contract Management

Reason:

Mainly because the dashboard is updated manually every Wednesday. With 884 users and 36 feature requests.

Built by:

Ravi, a recruiter

Build time:

one weekend

Built with:

an Electron app, for a form

Database:

a folder called DO_NOT_DELETE_OLD

Authentication:

the reset password button emails the old password back

Deployment:

deployed at 17:40 because "nobody will be using it then"

Responsible:

IT, according to Finance

Documentation:

a Word document with tracked changes still enabled

Security situation:

CSRF protection was temporarily disabled

Future disaster:

It will get backups after the first data loss.

Age: 22 days · originally expected to last 14 days · 2 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 22 days ago

Rated common mostly because: €49k per year, 1 departments depend on it, 1 users.