Agile Database Case Studies and Experience Reports

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This page provides links to case studies and experience reports published on the web pertaining to agile database techniques.

Agile Data Modeling works through how to data model a martial arts school management system
Agile Data Techniques is a Cutter Consortium publication (Dec 2005) is a collection of 5 articles by various authors which I edited. It includes case studies.
Dan Bunea's Blog
Database Modeling Within an XP Methodology (Ronald Bradford)
Emergent Database Design: Liberating Database Development with Agile Practices (Harriman, Hodgetts, and Leo)
Faster Database Development with SQL Refactor (Andras Belowkosztolszki)
Fighting the Monster -- Gojko Adzic's experiences with agile approaches to working with a legacy database
Is Codd Dead? Dawn M. Wolthuis' Blog regarding agile data modeling
Peter Hancock's Continuous Integration Blog
Unit Testing and Code Generation -- Grant Fritchey writes about unit testing T-SQL code.
Using Agile Software Development Frameworks for Data Mart Development (Note: This approach could be significantly more agile, but it's a step in the right direction)

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