Facility Services built an app only Kevin knows exists

“You need to know the exact link.”— Petra, Facility Services

Reason:

Honestly? Because management has a PowerPoint with a third number. With 20 users and 76 feature requests.

Built by:

Petra, someone from Procurement

Build time:

9 evenings

Built with:

Vue, for personal reasons

Database:

a NAS called final purchased from Amazon

Authentication:

the logout button is on the roadmap

Deployment:

last deployed 411 days ago

Responsible:

a consultancy that changed its name twice

Documentation:

none whatsoever

Security situation:

the app is secure because the browser shows a padlock

Future disaster:

It will get an SLA before it gets a test suite.

Age: 12 days · originally expected to last 3 months · 2 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 12 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 204 users, 11% chance of becoming business critical, 1 departments depend on it.