HR built a KPI wall for a screen nobody looks at

“It's basically done.”— Plant Manager

Reason:

Because the export button creates Leads_old_use-this-one.xlsx, but nobody knows where. Started as copy of copy of Stock_list_new.xlsx with a script attached.

Built by:

Lukas, a product owner

Build time:

a long Thursday

Built with:

SharePoint lists pretending to be an application

Database:

an in-memory dictionary. Restarts are exciting.

Authentication:

the VPN password is the Wi-Fi password

Deployment:

hosted in Thomas's Azure subscription

Responsible:

whoever still has the admin password

Documentation:

a spreadsheet cell containing "ask Sofia"

Security situation:

the user's role is stored in localStorage

Future disaster:

It will cause Legal to ask "who approved this?".

Age: 20 days · originally expected to last 3 weeks · 2 owners so far · last meaningful change 20 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: 490 users, €215k per year, 1 accidental connections.