Anti-Patterns and Patterns in Software Configuration Management ↑

The Nirvana Antipattern

The typical, and primary, root cause of [the Nirvana] AntiPattern is the misguided notion that conflict is bad, and therefore should be avoided at all costs. In reality, conflict in the form of tension … is a necessary part of any difficult task that involves intelligent people who care about their work.

Brown, William J., McCormick, Hays W., Thomas and Scott W., 1999, from the book Anti-Patterns and Patterns in Software Configuration Management