1. The Current State of Data Management
Scott W. Ambler
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The suggested reference is: Results from Scott Ambler’s August 2006 ‘Current State of Data Management Survey’ posted at
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The Survey
Sent out to 28,149 people
1176 Respondents
July 10 to July 22, 2006
>95% from North America
Used Dr. Dobb’s Journal (DDJ) mailing list
Results:
November 2006 issue of DDJ for summary article
Source data is downloadable
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4. Who Responded (By Role)
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Size of the IT Organization
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6. Which Sector Do You Work In?
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7. Does Your Organization Have a Data Group?
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What is the Level of Service Provided by Your Data Group (Initial Answer at beginning of survey)? Weighted Average = 3.60 out of 5
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9. Do Development Teams Sometimes Have to Go Around the Data Group?
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10. Why Do Development Teams Go Around Data Groups?
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11. Data as Corporate Asset?
95.7% of organizations considered data to be a corporate asset
Of those, only 40.3% had a regression test suite in place
Of those, Only 63.3% allowed developers to run this test suite when they needed to
Of the organizations that didn’t have a test suite, only 31.6% had discussed putting one in place
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12. Functionality in the Database
63.7% of organizations implemented mission-critical functionality in the database
Of those, only 46% had a regression test suite in place
Of those, Only 66.3% allowed developers to run this test suite when they needed to
Of the organizations that didn’t have a test suite, only 38.6% had discussed putting one in place
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61.9% of Respondents Have Production Data Problems: Their Strategy to Address Data Source Problems
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What is the Level of Service Provided by Your Data Group (Final Answer at end of Survey)? Weighted Average = 3.31
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Comparing the Perceived Level of Service from Data Group (Before and After)
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Suggested Resources
The Agile Modeling Site
The Agile Data Site
Refactoring Databases
Agile Database Techniques
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