agile, automated, aware: how to model for success

EMBARCADERO TECHNOLOGIESEMBARCADERO TECHNOLOGIES

Agile, Automated and AwareHow to Model for Success

Ron Huizenga

Senior Product Manger – ER/Studio

EMBARCADERO TECHNOLOGIES

Agile Overview

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ER/Studio: Agile Change Management

• Enable “Agile Data Modeler”

• Change Management Center

– User stories /tasks

• Granular repository check-out & check-in

– Individual objects or sets of objects

– Full models/sub-models if desired

• Change records at check in (or check out)

– Can be associated to user stories, tasks

• Still fully supports named releases, branch & merge as well

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ER/Studio: Change Management Center

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ER/Studio: Change Record Details

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Is the team responsible for data models included in your agile process?

Data team’s inclusion in agile process incomplete

Yes, completely

34%

Somewhat58%

No8%

Does your organization follow an agile development methodology?

Yes, fully16%

Yes, somewhat

57%

No27%

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ER/Studio: Automation

• Reverse engineering

• Metadata interchange

• Naming standards

• Compare & merge

• Forward Engineering

• Macros

• Glossary Integration

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ER/Studio: Apply Naming Standards

• Can invoke with other wizards– General Physical Model– Compare & Merge– XML Schema Generation– Model Validation

• Can apply to model or sub-model at any time

• Either Direction• Selective review/apply• Enabled by loose model coupling• Name lockdown (freeze names)

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ER/Studio: Automatic Naming Standards

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Real-time update while typing


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ER/Studio: Compare and Merge


ER/Studio: Native Big Data Support

• MongoDB

– Diagramming

– Reverse & Forward Engineering (JSON, BSON)

– MongoDB certification for 2.x and 3.0

• Certified for HDP 2.1

– Forward and reverse engineering

– Hive DDL

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ER/Studio: Extended Notation for MongoDB

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• Powerful enterprise glossary, model & metadata collaboration

• Integrate key business terms and definitions with business systems

• View, store, and manage a single source of business definitions

• Attach business policies to daily workflows with contextual alerts and tips

ER/Studio: Business Collaboration

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ER/Studio Team Server: Glossaries & Terms

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ER/Studio: Glossary Integration

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Database Tools Portfolio

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Concluding Remarks

• ER/Studio provides automation, awareness and collaboration– Agile change management– Documents “why” and “what” for the changes– Sharing of models and metadata– Awareness and business meaning through glossaries

• Agile is becoming mainstream– 73% of companies use agile to some degree– Only 16% have fully embraced it

• Crucial stakeholders aren’t fully involved– Of companies using Agile, only 34% fully involve data modelers– 58% involve them somewhat– 8% exclude them entirely

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