About these patterns
These patterns come from Follow the Money by Ian Miell (O’Reilly), which argues that software architecture and transformation outcomes are shaped by an organization’s money flows: who funds what, budget cycles, accounting treatment and incentives. You can read the book on O’Reilly.
Each pattern follows the cnpatterns.org format: a name with a one- or two-sentence statement, then In This Context (the situation and the forces at work), Therefore (what to do), and Consequently (the outcomes, good and bad). Anti-patterns use the same shape, but their Therefore describes the tempting move, and their Consequently ends with a better approach. Seen In gives the places in the book where the story behind the pattern is told.
