This week we look at the penultimate chapter of Building Evolutionary Architectures: Support Constant Change, chapter 7, Evolutionary Architecture Pitfalls and Antipatterns.

This chapter looks at 5 antipatterns and 5 pitfalls spread across three categories:

• Technical Architectures
• Incremental Change
• Business Concerns

Technical Architecture

The antipatterns for this category are:

• Vendor King
• Last 10% Trap
• Code Reuse Abuse

The pitfalls are:

• Leaky Abstractions
• Resume-Driven Development

Incremental Change

The antipattern for this category is:

• Inappropriate Governance

The pitfall is:

• Lack of Speed to Release

Business Concerns

The antipattern for this category is:

• Reporting

The pitfalls are:

• Product Customization
• Planning Horizons