Agile Analysis Anti-PatternsAgile Analysis Anti-Patterns

Tarang Baxi, Chirag Doshi and Dhaval Doshi

ThoughtWorks

Tarang Baxi, Chirag Doshi and Dhaval Doshi

ThoughtWorks

with inputs from Vineet Shukla, Gunjan Shukla, Atul Pathak and Divyanshu Mohan

images courtesy www.sxc.hu

Customer ‘requirement’Customer ‘requirement’

“I want a cow”“I want a cow”

Anti-Pattern #1Anti-Pattern #1

Waiter PatternWaiter Pattern

Motto:Motto:Of course sir, anything you like and right away!

Of course sir, anything you like and right away!

Anti-Pattern #2Anti-Pattern #2

Windmill PatternWindmill Pattern

Motto:Motto:More detail = fewer pesky questions + everyone impressed

More detail = fewer pesky questions + everyone impressed

Anti-Pattern #3Anti-Pattern #3

Dictator PatternDictator Pattern

Motto:Motto:I know what the customer wants, so just do as I say!

I know what the customer wants, so just do as I say!

Anti-Pattern #4Anti-Pattern #4

Goldsmith PatternGoldsmith Pattern

Motto:Motto:Just in case...Just in case...

Anti-Pattern #5Anti-Pattern #5

Lawyer PatternLawyer Pattern

Motto:Motto:Change is only needed if you did a bad job to start with

Change is only needed if you did a bad job to start with

Anti-Pattern #6Anti-Pattern #6

Professor PatternProfessor Pattern

Motto:Motto:The client pays money for solutions not analysis of problems

The client pays money for solutions not analysis of problems

Anti-Pattern #7Anti-Pattern #7

Alien PatternAlien Pattern

Motto:Motto:Hey if I can understand jargon, why won't the customer?

Hey if I can understand jargon, why won't the customer?

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