Big Hairy Audacious Goals – An Anti-Pattern
The BHAG or Big Hairy Audacious Goals approach to vision or roadmaps is often recommended. The objective is to keep from limiting ourselves. The problem... Read more
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Rinse And Repeat – A template pattern
One of the most powerful and useful patterns I have come across is one we will call rinse and repeat. It may also be seen... Read more
The Rosetta Stone Pattern – A Common Format
Our new patterns include the rosetta stone. This pattern provides a path to link disparate systems and their data formats. It comes from the historical... Read more
The Worst That Can Happen – An Architectural Pattern
We continue on a series of new patterns and anti-patterns with “the worst that can happen.” This pattern uses fear and hyperbole to help us... Read more
Technical Debt – Yes, That Is A Pattern
The idea of technical debt is a hot topic among software development groups. In particular, this concept shows up in agile efforts. While it is... Read more
The Cancer Pattern – One Place The C Word is Ok.
The Cancer pattern has a word we do not have a favorable view of. However, this pattern is becoming needed in more and more environments. ... Read more