CEO Office built an OKR tracker abandoned in week three

“The password changes every year.”— Bastian, CEO Office

Reason:

Officially because the temporary solution has survived 5 managers. With a settings page that does nothing.

Built by:

Bastian, a field technician

Build time:

4 hours 6 minutes

Built with:

Power Apps, licensed to one employee

Database:

an FTP server containing folders called NEW, NEW2 and FINAL

Authentication:

the firewall rule says "temporary"

Deployment:

deployed into production because staging was broken

Responsible:

Kevin, who insists they are not the owner

Documentation:

a spreadsheet cell containing "ask Miriam"

Security situation:

no security review, no plans for one

Future disaster:

It will be presented to management as evidence that shadow IT works.

Age: 28 days · originally expected to last 3 months · 1 owner so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 3 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 229 users, 39% chance of becoming business critical, €109 per year.