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Liquibase in the Enterprise: Part 4

About a month ago, I completed my second Liquibase project, one of a portfolio of four projects I managed for the client CTO, and an extension to the project first mentioned in my third post in this series. The first Liquibase project that I had completed for another client, although

Liquibase in the Enterprise: Part 3

Amazing that it has been nearly a year since I posted Part 1 and Part 2 of my series on Liquibase in the enterprise, and since then these have been two of the most visited posts on this blog. From the data that Google Analytics provides me, it is clear

New Book Review: "Why Can't You Just Give Me the Number?"

Recently posted book review for Why Can't You Just Give Me the Number?: An Executive's Guide to Using Probabilistic Thinking to Manage Risk and to Make Better Decisions, by Patrick Leach, Probabilistic Publishing, 2010, reposted here: If all executives and managers had backgrounds in statistics, this

New Book Review: "The Data Model Resource Book Volume 1 (Revised Edition)"

Recently posted book review for The Data Model Resource Book Volume 1 (Revised Edition): A Library of Universal Data Models for all Enterprises, by Len Silverston, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2001, reposted here: It is worth repeating what this reviewer indicated in his review of the second volume in

New Book Review: "The Data Model Resource Book Volume 2 (Revised Edition)"

Recently posted book review for The Data Model Resource Book Volume 2 (Revised Edition): A Library of Universal Data Models by Industry Types, by Len Silverston, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2001, reposted here: Although there are quite a few positive reviews for this series of three texts by Silverston,

Liquibase in the Enterprise: Part 2

In the first part of this discussion, database change management tool Liquibase was presented as one of the best software development tools I have used in recent years, and along with the practicality of this open source LGPL software comes several core benefits for the enterprise data architect: decreased cost,

Liquibase in the Enterprise: Part 1

One of the best software development tools I have used in recent years is Liquibase, a database change management tool sometimes referred to as a database refactoring tool, although I much prefer the former definition since use of Liquibase is not contrained to refactoring (growth of a database schema is

Adopting Analytics

Although not formally released by Harvard Business Press for another week (Amazon.com indicates February 8, 2010 availability), as expected the success of "Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning" is generating interest in the "Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results" follow-up effort by

RSNA 2009: Quality Improvement?

Two months ago today, I had the opportunity to spend the morning and afternoon at the RSNA 2009 trade show event at McCormick Place in downtown Chicago. December and January have been busy and quite eventful months at my current client, and so I have not had much time to

New Book Review: "Analytics at Work"

Recently posted book review for Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results, by Thomas H. Davenport, Jeanne G. Harris, and Robert Morison, Harvard Business Press, 2010, reposted here: Well composed follow-up by the writers of "Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning" and Robert Morison, coauthor of