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We hope you can join us for our first meeting of 2010! Agile Data Modeling Tom Haughey Friday, Jan. 29, 2010 Location: Chubb Insurance, Warren, NJ
Agenda 8:30-9:00 AM - Registration and coffee 9:00-9:15 AM - Business meeting 9:15-11:45 AM -Agile Data Modeling Pre-registration for this meeting is required by Jan. 25. Please email bobschork@hotmail.com. Seating is limited so we encourage you to register early. Abstract Agile Data Modeling This presentation will examine two strong trends in development these days: agile data modeling and refactoring of databases. Both are intended as evolutionary development approaches. For the sake of definition, an evolutionary method is one that is both iterative and incremental in nature, and an agile method is evolutionary and highly collaborative in nature. Refactoring, as originally defined by Martin Fowler, uses a small change to source code to improve its design without changing its semantics. Refactoring is now being applied to databases. Changes to database semantics imply a change in or addition to business rules or requirements. Whenever a semantic change is involved, logical data modeling is involved. This presentation will examine the implications of these approaches to the discipline of data modeling. It will ask the question, haven't professional data modelers always defined data modeling as iterative, incremental and evolutionary? Or have they? If so, then what is so different about agile approaches? Are they real, and do they add real value, or are they simply a justification of the attitude that "we never have time to do it right but we always have time to do it over!"? The presentation will take an honest look at data modeling practices, and an equally honest look at agile methods, and will compare the two by contrasting the pros and cons of each approach. It will also take a look at current development trends. How much new development do we do anyway? How much is major maintenance, and how much is minor maintenance? Finally, the presentation will recommend some changes that can be made to data modeling practices to make them more agile - without sacrificing the characteristics of a good data model. It will address the types of change that can be made to a data model. It will address how to do designs that don't have to be changed. How can you incorporate change into a data model from the start? It will address how to validate a data model before it goes into production (or even into system test) to ensure it will work successfully when its feet hit the floor and can even survive months if not years error-free. Tom Haughey is considered one of the four founding fathers of Information Engineering in America. He has specialized in data management since 1983 in both consulting and training. He has focused on practical and rapid development methods. For over two decades he has been delivering successful data management solutions in the area of information architecture, business intelligence, master data management, database, data modeling, data warehousing and OLTP (On-line transaction processing). He has worked in many industries such as insurance, consumer products, finance, government and pharmaceutical. His courses on data management, data warehousing, and rapid development have been delivered to Fortune 1000 companies around the world. He has worked on the development of seven different CASE tools, over 40,000 copies of which have been sold to date. He was formerly Chief Technology Officer for the Pepsi Bottling Group and Director of Enterprise Data Warehousing for Pepsico. He was also formerly Vice President of Technology for Computer Systems Advisers, who marketed the CASE tools called POSE and SILVERRUN. He wrote his own CASE tool in 1984. He formerly worked for IBM for 17 years as a Senior Project Manager. He is an author of many articles on Data Management, Information Engineering and Data Warehousing, and has contributed to DMReview's Ask The Experts Column. Please email bobschork@hotmail.com by Jan. 25 if you are interested in attending. Meet DAMA Members from Around the World! March 14-18, 2010 San Francisco, CA Enterprise Data World, formerly The DAMA International Symposium and Wilshire Meta-Data Conference will be held in March in San Francisco. This event is the world's largest conference dedicated to data management. DAMA members are eligible for a discount of up to $250 plus a group discount of one free registration for every two paid registrations from your company. This 3 for 2 discount expires next week Jan. 30, 2010. If you are concerned about your travel budget airfare from Newark is less than $400 For additional information about the conference please visit Discounts for DAMA Members Alec Sharp
Feb. 24-26, 2010
Orlando, FL
$200 discount for DAMA members if registered by Jan. 24, 2010 San Francisco, CA Up to $250 discount plus for every two paid registrants from your team the 3rd team member attends for free We look forward to seeing you on Jan. 29th |
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