Sales built a supplier scorecard

“We only need it until the migration.”— HR Generalist

Reason:

Mainly because the fax machine is still somehow involved. With a settings page that does nothing.

Built by:

Ravi, an analyst

Build time:

7 evenings

Built with:

a Rails app from 2016 nobody updated

Database:

a SharePoint list that started as a temporary workaround

Authentication:

the logout button is on the roadmap

Deployment:

hosted on a server shared with 8 unrelated applications

Responsible:

a steering committee that has not met in 9 months

Documentation:

a file called README-NEW-FINAL.md

Security situation:

authorization happens entirely in the frontend

Future disaster:

It will fail exactly when Lukas is on holiday.

Age: 103 days · originally expected to last 7 days · 1 owner so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 103 days ago · original builder left 41 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: 419 users, 50% chance of becoming business critical, the builder has left.