Scott Ambler on Agile
Agile Methodology is a wide topic, and this discussion is quite unlike the others that we've had. Scott Ambler brings his experiences from his career at IBM and elsewhere to this lively discussion. Richard was particularly interested in his ideas on database refactoring.
Guests:
Scott Ambler
Scott W. Ambler is Chief Methodologist/Agile with IBM Software Group, working with IBM customers around the world to help them to improve their software processes. He is the founder of the Agile Modeling (AM), Agile Data (AD), Agile Unified Process (AUP), and Enterprise Unified Process (EUP) methodologies and creator of the Agile Process Maturity Model (APMM). Scott is the (co-)author of 19 books, including Refactoring Databases, Agile Modeling, Agile Database Techniques, The Object Primer 3rd Edition, and The Enterprise Unified Process. Scott is a senior contributing editor with Information Week. His personal home page is http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/leadership/leaders/#scott and his Agility@Scale blog is http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/ambler.
Links:
- Scott's Page (l9y) http://www-306.ibm.com/software/rational/bios/ambler.html
- Agile Modeling http://www.agilemodeling.com
- Agile Data http://www.agiledata.org
- Enterprise Unified Process http://www.enterpriseunifiedprocess.com
- Agile Unified Process http://www.ambysoft.com/unifiedprocess
- Scott's Book: Refactoring Databases: Evolutionary Database Design http://www.ambysoft.com/books/refactoringDatabases.html
- Scott's Book: Agile Database Techniques http://www.ambysoft.com/books/agileDatabaseTechniques.html