The CEO's Assistant built a project prioritisation matrix

“It's basically Power Apps.”— Regional Sales Lead

Reason:

Mainly because Stock_list_new.xlsx is stored on Elena's desktop. With dark mode and no error handling.

Built by:

Petra, a recruiter

Build time:

8 evenings

Built with:

Svelte, which nobody else here writes

Database:

Teams chat history

Authentication:

Priya thinks Kevin knows the password

Deployment:

deployed on Wednesday immediately before a public holiday

Responsible:

Kevin, according to nobody except Petra

Documentation:

one README with 8 TODOs

Security situation:

IT has not been informed and will not be

Future disaster:

It will get backups after the first data loss.

Age: 19 days · originally expected to last 3 months · 1 owner so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 19 days ago · original builder left 31 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 45% chance of becoming business critical, nobody owns it, the builder has left.