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True Believer

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Summary

The process looks more important than the final value/objective.

Context

The manager in this case believes that if the output of the project isn’t successful as they planned it is because something went wrong during the process.

Symptoms and Consequences

  • Not flexible process.
  • Loss of patience from stakeholders.
  • Conflicts inside the team.

Causes

  • Bad performance and/or delays over the product.
  • Intellectual arrogance by the manager.
  • High conviction by the manager.
  • Strategy that worked in the past.

Solution

  • Turn the process to be more flexible.
  • Revise the whole project.

Notes

Comes from the psychology of Eric Hoffer

Related Anti-patterns

Cargo Cult, Escalation of Commitment

Sources

[HOF'51], [PIE'25]