A Lesson for Data Pros – Agility is for Everyone
Over the years, I’ve learned that for agile teams to succeed, everyone – from team members to those who interact…
Scott Ambler
Features of an Effective Disciplined Agile Coach
I am often asked what makes a Disciplined Agile (DA) coach effective. The features to look for in a DA coach include:…
The Agile Enterprise Coach
When your organization chooses to transition into more agile and leaner ways of working, you quickly discover that this effort…
Disciplined Agile Data Management
The Disciplined Agile (DA) process decision framework provides light-weight guidance to help organizations streamline their information technology (IT) and business…
A Disciplined Agile Mindset for Data Management
There are very few organizations left these days that haven’t adopted agile and lean strategies within some – and very…
Best Practices for Agile Documentation
Introduction Ideally, an agile document is just barely good enough, or just barely sufficient, for the situation at hand. Documentation…
How Enterprise-Level IT Professionals Can Be Agile
Many people mistakenly assume that enterprise-level activities, such as enterprise architecture or reuse engineering, need to be performed in a traditional and even…
The Cultural Impedance Mismatch
Scott Ambler reminds us that both object technology and the agile development paradigm are here to stay, and he provides…
Introduction To Database Refactoring
Published in TDAN.com July 2006 Material for this article was modified from Refactoring Databases: Evolutionary Database Design by Scott Ambler…
Evolutionary Database Development
Published in TDAN.com July 2005 I believe that data professionals must start adopting evolutionary (iterative and incremental) techniques, and better…