As developers, analysts, adminstrators, etc, I think most of us tend towards perfectionism. We want to do the job right and we want to do the job right the first time around.
Agility means being able to move forward with less than perfect information. Sometimes it means moving forward with information that is known to incomplete or even potentially inaccurate.
So what does that mean for analysis? Analysis, by definition, is the separation of individual components from the whole. The goal being, at least in my universe of activities, to be the understanding of a business proccess’s basic feature set and the relationships between those features.

From The Database Geek

I like playing with new tools and software so I thought I would start a new weekly series, Cool Tool of the Week. I will just cover a tool that I have used or discovered that I think is cool. I’m not necessarily endoring it, just giving it a little publicity so that others will know about it and can give it a try.

This week is the open source data modeling tool Open ModelSphere. This Open Source project is available for windows with a GPL license. It was originally known as SilverRun. I used this windows-based CASE tool when I was at Yale.

As I mentioned a while back (a loooong while back), I have been thinking about writing up how I design data marts. The problem with that is that it is a huge topic. Even converting an existing schema (which doesn’t always exist) to a data mart (star schema style), still takes plenty of behind the scenes data analysis and prepwork. Still, I am not going to take a shot at it.

I could start with a laundry list of requirements but I don’t think that would be interesting to very many people.

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Here is another very cool looking job. Looks like the mid-west is hopping. Plenty of database (especially architect) type openings.
Location: Indianapolis/Plainfield, IN
Employment Type: Direct/Permane…

Good point. The jobs I would really be aware of will probably all be in the US. If a recruter wanted to post a cool non-US job, I would do so but I don’t know any non-US recruiters.

LewisC

!***! Entry Link: A New Job For 2009 – Lead Architect!***!

probably worth noting for most jobs that you need the right to live and work in the EU/US or as required, as sponsorship for a visa is very rare these days….

!***! Entry Link:http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/oracle-guide/a-new-job-for-2009-lead-architect-29271!***!

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In keeping with my goal to help some of my peers out there find a job, today I have a very experienced architect looking on the East Coast. He would prefer the New York area but recognizes that, becaus…

LewisC’s An Expert’s Guide to Oracle Technology
With all the news about lost jobs and the bad economy, I think it’s important to remember that jobs do still exist out there. For those of you looking for a new job (and those of you hiring), I have de…

Warning: Personal Soapbox Approaching.

I was reading a newsgroup discussion and the topic of DBAs and their usefulness/trivialization came up (yet again). This topic seems to show up at one time or another on every Oracle discussion board.

Whether I agree or not with any of the things said in the discussion doesn’t really matter. It got me thinking about the topic and I have a different perspective to the question. My personal soapbox on this issue is the definition of DBA. Are DBAs being trivialized in the enterprise?