Sales built a lead scoring system

“We only need it until the consultant comes back.”— Chen, Sales

Reason:

Mainly because someone built a prototype during lunch. Built in 4 hours 47 minutes and demonstrated immediately afterwards.

Built by:

Chen, an intern

Build time:

a long Thursday

Built with:

Power Apps, licensed to one employee

Database:

an in-memory dictionary. Restarts are exciting.

Authentication:

an API key in the frontend bundle

Deployment:

deployed straight to production on a Thursday, no staging

Responsible:

a shared mailbox nobody reads

Documentation:

comments beginning with TODO 2020

Security situation:

TLS is disabled because it is "inside the network"

Future disaster:

It will acquire a workaround for the workaround.

Age: 50 days · originally expected to last 7 days · 2 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 50 days ago · original builder left 55 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 30% chance of becoming business critical, nobody owns it, the builder has left.