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[ACM'23] ACMAgile (2023). The Blame Culture: Its Origins, Pitfalls, and How Organizations are Fighting Back. https://www.acmagile.com/blogs/the-blame-culture-its-origins-pitfalls-and-how-organizations-are-fighting-back. accessed january 17th, 2026
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[AYD'16] Aydinli, Dilem and Berki, Eleni and Poranen, Timo and Stamelos, Ioannis (2016). Management anti-patterns in IT innovation projects. *Proceedings of the 20th International Academic Mindtrek Conference* ACM
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[BRO'74] Brooks, Fred P. (1974). The mythical man-month. *Datamation*, 20.12, 44-52.
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[BRO'86] Brooks, Fred P. (1986). No silver bullet - Essence and accident in software engineering.
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[BRO'00] Brown, William J. and McCormick, Hays W. and Thomas, Scott W. (2000). Anti-patterns project management.
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[BRO'98] Brown, William H. and Malveau, Raphael C. and McCormick, Hays W. and Mowbray, Thomas J. (1998). AntiPatterns: refactoring software, architectures, and projects in crisis.
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[CAV'24] Cavet, Nathan (2024). Discover the Advantages of the Waterfall Model for your Projects [online]. https://www.appvizer.com/magazine/operations/project-management/advantages-of-waterfall-model. accessed january 17th, 2026
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[COP'04] Coplien, James O and Harrison, Neil B (2004). [Organizational patterns of agile software development](https://www.isbns.net/author/James_O_Coplien).
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[CUN'10] Cunningham, Ward (2010). Management Anti Pattern Road Map [online]. http://wiki.c2.com/?ManagementAntiPatternRoadMap. accessed november 14th, 2018
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[CUN'13] Cunningham, Ward (2013). Anti Patterns Catalog [online]. http://wiki.c2.com/?antipatternscatalog. accessed november 14th, 2018
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[DAR'23] Darian (2023). Begone culture of Yes-Man! [online]. https://medium.com/the-pub/begone-culture-of-yes-man-5c427538a62a. accessed january 17th, 2026
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[DUN'25] Duncan, Ian (2025). Accidental or Essential? Understanding Complexity in Software Design. https://www.iankduncan.com/engineering/2025-05-26-when-is-complexity-accidental/. accessed january 17th, 2026
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[ELO'13] Eloranta, Veli-Pekka and Koskimies, Kai and Mikkonen, Tommi and Vuorinen, Jyri (2013). Scrum Anti-Patterns -- An Empirical Study. *Software Engineering Conference (APSEC), 2013 20th Asia-Pacific* (Vol. 1, pp. 503-510). IEEE
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[ELO'16] Eloranta, Veli-Pekka and Koskimies, Kai and Mikkonen, Tommi (2016). Exploring ScrumBut -— An empirical study of Scrum anti-patterns. *Information and Software Technology*, 74, 194-203. Elsevier
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[GRO'26] Grokipedia (2026). Escalation of commitment [online]. https://grokipedia.com/page/Escalation_of_commitment?utm_source=chatgpt.com. accessed january 17th, 2026
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[HAR'16] Harvey, Kate (2016). Feature Creep: What Causes It & How To Avoid It [online]. https://www.chargify.com/blog/feature-creep/. accessed november 14th, 2018
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[HEB'12] Hebig, Regina and Gabrysiak, Gregor and Giese, Holger (2012). Towards patterns for MDE-related processes to detect and handle changeability risks. *Proceedings of the International Conference on Software and System Process* IEEE Press
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[HOF'51] Hoffer, Eric, and Sanders, Fred (1951). The True Believer.
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[HU'25] Hu, Dongmei and Peng, Yang and Chen, Charles Weizheng (2025). Does Bad News Always Bring Bad Results? Effects of Workplace Negative-Event Sharing on Employee Behaviour. *Journal of Chinese Human Resources Management*, 16.1, 43–61.
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[JAI'22] Jain, Nikhila (2022). Scrum Estimation: Tips for Improving Engineering Estimates [online]. https://runsteady.com/blog/scrum-estimation-tips-for-improving-engineering-estimates. accessed january 17th, 2026
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[JAM'26] James, Jordan (2026). The Most Common Train the Trainer Mistakes [online]. https://www.zandax.com/education-blog/most-common-train-the-trainer-mistakes. accessed january 17th, 2026
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[JOE'17] Joe the IT Guy (2017). How a User Error Can Be a Constructive Tool [online]. https://www.joetheitguy.com/how-a-user-error-can-be-a-constructive-tool. accessed january 17th, 2026
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[KLE'23] Klein, LK and Earl, Emily and Cundick, Dorian (2023). Reducing Information Overload in Your Organization [online]. https://hbr.org/2023/05/reducing-information-overload-in-your-organization. accessed january 17th, 2026
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[KUR'04] Kuranuki, Yoshihito and Hiranabe, Kenji (2004). Antipractices: Antipatterns for XP practices. *Agile Development Conference, 2004* IEEE
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[LAP'05] Laplante, Phillip A. and Neill, Colin J. (2005). Antipatterns: Identification, Refactoring, and Management.
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[MAL'06] Malik, Nick (2006). Project Management AntiPattern -- PMs who write specs [online]. https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/nickmalik/2006/01/03/project-management-antipattern-pms-who-write-specs/. accessed november 14th, 2018
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[MAL'16] Malik, Nick (2016). Project Management Antipattern 2: Pardon My Dust [online]. https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/nickmalik/2006/01/19/project-management-antipattern-2-pardon-my-dust/. accessed november 14th, 2018
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[MCN'02] McNamara, Gerry and Moon, Henry and Bromiley, Philip (2002). Banking on commitment: Intended and unintended consequences of an organization's attempt to attenuate escalation of commitment. *Academy of Management Journal*, 45.2, 443-452. Academy of Management Briarcliff Manor
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[STA'10] Stamelos, Ioannis (2010). Software project management anti-patterns. *Journal of Systems and Software*, 83(1), 52-59. Elsevier
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[STR'23] Strategy Peeps (2023). Shooting the Messenger: A Self-Defeating Practice in Project Management [online]. https://www.strategypeeps.com/post/shooting-the-messenger-a-self-defeating-practice-in-project-management. accessed january 17th, 2026
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