This smell is characterized by a lack of a software structure that inhibits change. The smell shows lack of coordination and planning across a set of systems.
Related smells: Stovepipe System
W. Brown, R. Malveau, H. McCormick, T. Mowbray, “AntiPatterns: Refactoring Software, Architectures, and Projects in Crisis”. John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
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