I read this, and thought to myself that a hacker would love to find that in code through analysis tools. They could then replace the delay with malicious code, and no one would be the wiser for quite some time.
Doing stuff like this seems creative and awesome at the time, but it breeds vulnerabilities something fierce. It also creates a nightmare for maintenance.
I would suggest a different approach of figuring out how much that Excel doc was costing the company every month, how much the company would save if the doc was converted to a real data service and Web front end, and then present the comparison at a meeting with management from that department - give them a chance to sign on before you take it to more senior management.
Doing stuff like this seems creative and awesome at the time, but it breeds vulnerabilities something fierce. It also creates a nightmare for maintenance.
I would suggest a different approach of figuring out how much that Excel doc was costing the company every month, how much the company would save if the doc was converted to a real data service and Web front end, and then present the comparison at a meeting with management from that department - give them a chance to sign on before you take it to more senior management.