In agile, IT and business leaders are often co-located and meet frequently to hash out software development. This allows companies to cut time-to-market by a third or more.

According to recent research from Evans Data (registration required), more than half of North American developers are using agile methods today. But IT managers may not be on board.

Enterprise IT shifts from Waterfall to Agile for faster delivery, adaptability, and innovation, driven by market dynamics and ...

The concepts of Agile methodology and continuous delivery have become popular in software development, yet they are somewhat less mature among DBAs and database developers. Shay Shmeltzer, director of ...

In the days of cloud computing and agile development, it might seem that being a DBA is somewhat less appealing as a career choice. However, the role of DBA is changing; it is not going away. In fact, ...

The Data Model will never be final. Full historical data loads will occur multiple times throughout the project or phase. Changes in requirements will cause potential changes to everything.

Agile methods allow developers to create dependable applications with repeatable results. The same type of practice can also be applied to database development to promote proper data management, which ...

One of agile development’s core principles is to deliver working software at the end of every sprint. Teams accomplish this by defining robust user story acceptance criteria, committing to the ...

Until recently, even proponents had not spelled out the precise role of modeling in an agile development project. That, says Ambler, was the problem he sought to address when he began writing about ...

Core Agile Software Development In this level Scott places Scrum, XP, Agile Modeling, and Agile Data. Disciplined Agile Software Development ...