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Anthony Sciamanna

Specialization on Agile Teams

Increasing Lead Times and a Risk to Flow

6 min readJun 5, 2020

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Specialization on Agile Teams

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Anthony Sciamanna

Mob Programming Quick Start Guide

I’ve spent the last few years coaching teams and introducing them to Mob Programming. I was fortunate to get to coach with some of the…

2 min readMar 14, 2020

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Mob Programming Quick Start Guide

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Anthony Sciamanna

Code Coverage Complications

Commonly I see the measurement of unit test coverage contribute to the continuation of poor development practices. Often when teams try to…

6 min readJan 26, 2020

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Code Coverage Complications

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Anthony Sciamanna

Avoiding Automated Testing Pitfalls

How to Create Sustainable Test Suites

8 min readOct 20, 2019

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Avoiding Automated Testing Pitfalls

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Anthony Sciamanna

The Continuous Value of Learning Tests

Learning tests are an unfortunately underutilized practice on software development teams. These tests provide several benefits throughout…

5 min readSep 29, 2019

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The Continuous Value of Learning Tests

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Anthony Sciamanna

The Code Smell Scavenger Hunt Kata

When working with teams who are new to refactoring I like to help them practice techniques with code katas. A favorite of mine is one that…

4 min readJul 28, 2019

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The Code Smell Scavenger Hunt Kata

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Anthony Sciamanna

The Cost of Cost Center Software Development

It is common for software companies to have cost accounting tunnel vision, solely focused on decreasing the costs associated with…

6 min readMar 23, 2019

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Anthony Sciamanna

Speculative Refactoring

As teams get more comfortable with refactoring, I often see them practicing what I call speculative refactoring. When they encounter code…

5 min readJan 13, 2019

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Anthony Sciamanna

An Agile Adoption Conversation

A Cautionary Tale

5 min readDec 9, 2018

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Anthony Sciamanna

Standardization, Review Boards, and the Death of Innovation

It’s really quite simple to prevent innovation and productivity on software development teams. Companies that send a clear message that…

6 min readNov 11, 2018

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Standardization, Review Boards, and the Death of Innovation

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Anthony Sciamanna

Anthony Sciamanna

Software Engineer and Technical Agile Coach at Industrial Logic. Passionate about XP, Lean, Modern Agile, and helping software organizations improve.

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