HR built an org chart nobody updates

“Claude wrote most of it.”— Anja, HR

Reason:

Mainly because SAP is only reachable on the VPN, which drops every 19 minutes. With 2 users, one of whom is the CEO.

Built by:

Anja, a warehouse supervisor

Build time:

a long Thursday

Built with:

an Electron app, for a form

Database:

a MySQL database called temp-old-really-final on a machine under a desk

Authentication:

the password is the company name plus 2019

Deployment:

deployed Friday at 17:17

Responsible:

Managing Director, who has never opened it

Documentation:

a diagram on a whiteboard, photographed, then deleted

Security situation:

the penetration test found it by accident

Future disaster:

It will send an invoice of €8,600 to the wrong country.

Age: 43 days · originally expected to last 3 months · 2 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 43 days ago · original builder left 45 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 48% chance of becoming business critical, 4 departments depend on it, the builder has left.