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[Home](../README.md) > [Catalogue](../Antipatterns_catalogue.md) > True Believer
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# True Believer
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## Also Known As
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n/a
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## Summary
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The process looks more important than the final value/objective.
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## Context
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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.
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## Symptoms and Consequences
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- Not flexible process.
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- Loss of patience from stakeholders.
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- Conflicts inside the team.
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## Causes
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- Bad performance and/or delays over the product.
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- Intellectual arrogance by the manager.
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- High conviction by the manager.
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- Strategy that worked in the past.
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## Solution
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- Turn the process to be more flexible.
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- Revise the whole project.
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## Notes
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Comes from the psychology of Eric Hoffer
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## Related Anti-patterns
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Cargo Cult, Escalation of Commitment
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## Sources
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Eric Hoffer’s book: “The True Believer”
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_True_Believer
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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psych-unseen/202503/the-psychology-of-the-true-believer

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