Antipatterns

There are some common misconceptions that greatly increase the risk of failure in a large project. These misconceptions reinforce each other and lead to "big bang" release strategies with one big release at the end of the project.

Big bang antipatterns
1. Feature parity
2. Safety in rollback plans
3. Painless transition
4. Investment in outdated system is waste
5. "It won't work here"
6. Potentially shippable