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Database Refactoring

Posted by Scott Ambler on Mar 10, 2007 06:40 AM

Community
Agile
Topics
Delivering Quality,
Agile Techniques
Tags
Agile2006,
Database,
Testing
Summary
Like other leaders in the Agile community, Scott Ambler is passionate about expanding Agile practices to include all contributors to software success. Recently he has been teaching teams how to integrate database roles into the iterative, incremental rhythm of their teams. InfoQ captured Ambler's talk on Database Refactoring at Agile2006.

Bio
Scott Ambler is Practice Leader Agile Development within the IBM Methods group in Ontario, Canada. He has worked in the IT industry since the mid 1980s, with object technology since the early 1990s, and is a recognized leader in the Agile software community. He is a Fellow of the International Association of Software Architects, and an Eclipse Process Framework (EPF) committer. www.ambysoft.com

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Can this be downloaded? by Ali Anwar Posted Apr 20, 2007 9:18 AM

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    Apr 20, 2007 9:18 AM by Ali Anwar

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