Logistics built a supplier scorecard

“It's not indexed.”— Marketing Manager

Reason:

Because the API documentation says "ask Olivier". With 162 users and zero documentation.

Built by:

Sofia, a product owner

Build time:

5 hours 23 minutes

Built with:

Power Apps, licensed to one employee

Database:

Trello cards with JSON in the descriptions

Authentication:

the office IP is allow-listed, including the coffee shop next door

Deployment:

deployed by emailing Budget2026_final.xlsx to Elena

Responsible:

Sofia, because their credit card pays for it

Documentation:

a Word document with tracked changes still enabled

Security situation:

rate limiting consists of hoping nobody notices

Future disaster:

It will get a staging environment after production breaks.

Age: 95 days · originally expected to last 3 weeks · 2 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 19 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 73 users, 39% chance of becoming business critical, 2 accidental connections.