Have you ever watched young children play football (of Soccer for our Atlantic cousins)? During the game, you can be certain of one thing – most of the team on both sides will be doing nothing but chasing the ball. There is no thought about the bigger picture, no tactical decision making (let alone anything [...]
Categories: antipatterns
Tagged: antipatterns, organisations, teams
The reason so many New Year Resolutions get dropped, is because people start doing something out of the ordinary (for them) in order to institute a change, but never make that change a habit. It’s the reason dieting does not work – you shouldn’t go on a diet, you should change your diet. The former [...]
Categories: Development
Tagged: antipatterns
There is a rustle in the posit-in notes. The water cooler ripples. USB-powered missile launchers inexplicably fire, whilst nerf guns jam mid-battle. There is the smell of sulfur in the air. The Great Rewrite Approaches. The signs were there. Grumbling from the developers – sometimes new to the project. “This code is horrible!”, “Completely unfit [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
Tagged: antipatterns