Sales built a training completion tracker

“It's not shadow IT if the manager knows about it.”— Marketing Manager

Reason:

Mainly because somebody watched a 9 minute tutorial. With a logo generated at 17:48.

Built by:

Thomas, someone from Procurement

Build time:

an afternoon, mostly

Built with:

Excel macros, exposed over HTTP

Database:

a mini PC behind the reception desk

Authentication:

the password hint contains the password

Deployment:

running on port 9000 in production

Responsible:

Head of Operations, who calls it "the little tool"

Documentation:

comments beginning with TODO 2026

Security situation:

security is handled by a checkbox called admin

Future disaster:

It will eventually need a migration project larger than the app itself.

Age: 2.5 years · originally expected to last 2 months · 1 owner so far · survived 3 reorganisations · last meaningful change 74 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 85 users, 2 accidental connections, €46k per year.