Antipatterns In Software Development, Software Architecture, and Project Management

A collection of bad practices from AntiPatterns: Refactoring Software, Architectures, and Projects in Crisis. More detail is available here.

Software Development Antipatterns

• The Blob
• Continuous Obsolescence
• Lava Flow
• Ambiguous Viewpoint
• Functional Decomposition:
• Poltergeists
• Boat Anchor
• Golden Hammer
• Dead End
• Spaghetti Code
• Input Kludge
• Walking through a Minefield
• Cut-and-Paste Programming
• Mushroom Management

Software Architecture Antipatterns

• Autogenerated Stovepipe
• Stovepipe Enterprise
  
• Jumble
  
• Stovepipe System
  
• Cover Your Assets:
  
• Vendor Lock-In
• Wolf Ticket
  
• Architecture by Implication
  
• Warm Bodies
  
• Design by Committee
  
• Swiss Army Knife
• Reinvent the Wheel
  
• The Grand Old Duke of York
  

Project Management Antipatterns

• Blowhard Jamboree
• Analysis Paralysis
  
• Viewgraph Engineering
  
• Death by Planning
• Fear of Success
• Corncob
  
• Intellectual Violence
  
• Irrational Management
• Project Mismanagement
  
• Throw It over the Wall
  
• Fire Drill
  
• The Feud
  
• E-mail Is Dangerous