Nobody, Officially built a mobile phone register

“We didn't have time to wait for IT.”— HR Generalist

Reason:

Allegedly because the existing report is a PDF of a screenshot of Leads_new.csv. Copied to production via floppy disks.

Built by:

Chen, an analyst

Build time:

4 evenings

Built with:

Vue, for personal reasons

Database:

an Access database called copy of copy of Customers_new2_final_FINAL.xlsx with 8 linked tables

Authentication:

CORS is set to * because the frontend was not working

Deployment:

behind a domain Bastian owns privately

Responsible:

Ravi, because their email address is in the config

Documentation:

a Loom video nobody can find

Security situation:

backups use the same password as production

Future disaster:

It will turn out to contain the only correct pricing data.

Age: 8.8 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 2 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 74 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 460x longer than intended, 3 departments depend on it, older than the department using it.