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📅 July 19, 2019

The AntiPattern Season in Review

We have marched through 31 examples during this antipattern season. Therefore, we have enough of them to step back and look at themes, bad habits, and commonalities. While it is helpful to know about the individual patterns, it is better…

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📅 July 17, 2019

Death By Planning – A Rigid Anti-Pattern

Death by planning is an anti-pattern that makes us look like lemmings. We make a plan, and then we follow it mindlessly. This approach can work for some projects like building a house. However, software development does not work this…

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📅 July 15, 2019

The Fire Drill Anti-Pattern

The fire drill anti-pattern is one that falls on project management. While we can personally place ourselves in this sort of situation, the anti-pattern comes from planning. To be specific, it comes from poor planning. Think of the idea that…

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📅 July 12, 2019

The Throw It Over The Wall Anti-Pattern

The throw it over the wall anti-pattern is shared across a broad range of disciplines. However, it is particularly damaging to the software development process. We will focus on that discipline as we dig deeper into this communication-related issue. Defining…

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📅 July 10, 2019

Analysis Paralysis – An Over-thinking Anti-Pattern

The “Analysis Paralysis” anti-pattern may be the most well known. It has a few other names. However, a search on this one will return a broad range of results. The detrimental effects of thinking over action are not seen only…

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📅 July 8, 2019

Mushroom Management – A Miscommunication Epidemic Anti-Pattern

The mushroom management anti-pattern is one that appears everywhere. While it can be simplified to keeping employees in the dark, there is more to it. The side effects of this anti-pattern can cause long-lasting problems and even prevent a company…

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