Typical database development involves building the data structures, writing some code to access the database, running the code, then writing some queries to verify that the data got into the database. Even the most rigorous database testers generally verify a database by running several queries and visually inspecting the results for validity. The problem with this approach is that as changes are made to the database, we don't generally rerun all the old test queries to revalidate that everything is still fine.
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Ken Collier is the former director of Cutter's Data Analytics & Digital Technologies practice. He is a leader in combining agile methods with data warehousing (DW), business intelligence (BI), and advanced analytics -- disciplines that present a unique set of challenges to the incremental/evolutionary style of agile development. Mr. Collier has successfully adapted agile techniques to DW/BI to create the Agile Analytics style. He continues… Read More
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