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Agile is popular and the web is brimming with information about it. Due to so much information it is not easy for a newbie who wants to get involved with agile development to decide how to begin or to distinguish between truth and myth. To make it even more confusing there are conflicting facts –…
A different way of data warehouse data modeling: Data Vault
In data warehousing and business intelligence implementations we usually start by choosing between two most popular approaches. One of them is the enterprise normalized data warehouse approach as defined by Bill Inmon, the father of data warehousing. The second approach is a collection of dimensional data marts based on a common bus architecture as popularized…
Workshop: Agile planning in practice (Together in Excellence 2020 conference)
One of the myths about agile is that in agile there is no planning. This myth probably stems from comparison with waterfall approaches, where detailed up-front planning is the norm. In agile, there is still a need to plan over a long period of time, commit to a completion date, plan resources, and align the…
Moving data into production at the click of a button
Alongside with DevOps, which ideally means deploying code into production with the click of a button through a well-defined process, data professionals are thinking about a similar concept for moving data into production. What if a business user wants new data in an analytical application, can we do it with the click of a button?…
Risks in data warehousing projects
A data warehousing project is not much different from a typical IT development project, facing similar risks and potential troubles. In data warehousing we often face the risk of too loosely defined requirements, bad quality of source data or poor performance. — Paper delivered at Dnevi slovenske informatike 2004, Portorož, April 14 – 16, 2004.
Applying agile in traditional environments
A large number of companies are starting to implement at least a few of their projects using agile approaches. They do so because it is becoming known that agile projects are more successful and their stakeholders more satisfied. It is risky if a company starts implementing agile before they understand exactly what it means in…
