The Process Excellence Team built a custom project manager because Jira had too many buttons

“We'll clean it up after the audit.”— Ravi, The Process Excellence Team

Reason:

Mainly because the licence costs €49 per month, billed annually. With a roadmap in the README, last touched 88 days ago.

Built by:

Ravi, a warehouse supervisor

Build time:

2 evenings

Built with:

Python, Flask and no requirements.txt

Database:

a mini PC behind the reception desk

Authentication:

the password policy requires changing it every 30 days, so everyone adds 1

Deployment:

deployed from a Git commit nobody has pushed

Responsible:

Elena, because their credit card pays for it

Documentation:

a README last updated 88 days ago

Security situation:

all users technically have admin permissions

Future disaster:

It will become a works council agenda item.

Age: 3.3 years · originally expected to last 3 weeks · 3 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 74 days ago · original builder left 235 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 57x longer than intended, the builder has left, €29k per year.