Agile Project Management with Jira
Jira Software is the most popular project management software tool used by agile teams. Jira’s popularity is due in part…
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Tales & Tips from the Trenches: A Tool for Agile Data Transformation (MDOX)
Data Transformation is usually thought of in the context of database ETL (Extraction, Transformation, and Loading)— i.e. moving data wholesale…
Applying Top-Down, Big-Picture Models to a Data Vault Part 1
Data Vaults have enormous potential to deliver value, but to do so, we’ve got to turn the spotlight off the…
Tales & Tips from the Trenches: Agile Data Summary
Welcome to the wrap-up column in our series on applying Agile techniques to data projects in our Tales and Tips…
Paying Down Semantic Debt
In my last piece, “Where does semantic debt come from?,” I described the Semantic Debt Life-cycle. At a higher level,…
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…
Why Agile is Like Football: Chickens and Pigs
Surely you’ve heard of the Agile methodology, but may not have been able to truly find a way to implement…
Tales & Tips from the Trenches: Agile Data Warehousing
Welcome to the fifth article in a series about applying Agile techniques to data projects in our Tips and Tricks…
Introduce Agile Environments for Your BI Team
Agile is like Big Data – a buzzword that has been around for a couple of years already, but in…
Non-Relational Databases Have Relationships Too
Isn’t it ironic that a technology that bears the label of “schema-less” is also known for the fact that schema…