Patterns of Anti-Patterns

Over the last decade we have witnessed the maturity of both best practices (as manifested in the patterns movement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_pattern_(computer_ science)) and worst practices (as manifested in the anti-patterns movement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-pattern.) As we evolve through software engineering (moving from functional to objects to components to services) practices, we can see trends emerging in both the patterns that can lead to successful implementations as well as the anti-patterns that show the common mistakes that we make.