The Current State of Data Management Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/scottAmbler.html Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler

Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler How To Use These Slides I have provided these slides, and the raw data behind them, so that others can use them in their own work. You may reuse all, or a part of, this slide deck as long as you provide a clear reference to the source. The suggested reference is: Results from Scott Ambler’s August 2006 ‘Current State of Data Management Survey’ posted at www.agilemodeling.com/surveys/ Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler

Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler 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 www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler

Who Responded (By Role) Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler

Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler Size of the IT Organization Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler

Which Sector Do You Work In? Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler

Does Your Organization Have a Data Group? Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler

Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler What is the Level of Service Provided by Your Data Group (Initial Answer at beginning of survey)? Weighted Average = 3.60 out of 5 Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler

Do Development Teams Sometimes Have to Go Around the Data Group? Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler

Why Do Development Teams Go Around Data Groups? Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler

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 Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler

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 Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler

Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler 61.9% of Respondents Have Production Data Problems: Their Strategy to Address Data Source Problems Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler

Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler What is the Level of Service Provided by Your Data Group (Final Answer at end of Survey)? Weighted Average = 3.31 Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler

Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler Comparing the Perceived Level of Service from Data Group (Before and After) Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler

Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler Suggested Resources The Agile Modeling Site www.agilemodeling.com The Agile Data Site www.agiledata.org Refactoring Databases www.ambysoft.com/books/refactoringDatabases.html Agile Database Techniques www.ambysoft.com/books/agileDatabaseTechniques.html Copyright 2006 Scott W. Ambler