Yesterday has been published my Q&A interview on my Pre-Conference Workshop at SQL Pass 2012. It’s a good way to understand what will be discussed in the workshop, so if you’re interested or you’re into the Data Warehouse / Business Intelligence field and want to understand how the Agile approach can help you, you can read it ...

I’ve just released on SkyDrive (http://bit.ly/ghPeaa) all the demo material I’ve used in my BI Workshop at the PASS Summit. The zip file also contains the DLPC tool and the latest revision of the slide deck (only some minor syntax errors corrected). As the related “Readme.txt” file says, the zip file is protected with a password. The password is ...

I’ve returned from PASS 2010 on late sunday and yesterday I spent pretty much of the time just catching up with all the ongoing projects. I’ll probably need some more days on this, but for the beginning of the next week I’ll be able to answer all the email received that concerns PASS Summit  and also put online the latest updated demos so ...

If you’re still unsure if the workshop I’ll deliver at PASS Summit the next November - “Creating a BI solution from A to Z” - is a good choice for you or not, you can get some more details reading the brief interview here: PASS Summit Post-Con Preview - Davide Mauri Where you’ll find answers to the following questions: Is there an audience ...

On the next 20th Semptember I’ll deliver a session on a topic that is IMHO really important but is not yet covered enough: Adaptive BI: Engineering a BI Solution Are you starting to create a BI solution....but where do you begin with? How to setup everything correctly so that you'll be able to handle new features required by the customers ...

I’ve always stated that creating a software solution is half and art and half an engineering process. Just like building an house, or a car, or any mechanical or electrical device, the art is that part of the work where someone has to create something new to satisfy the customer need. Architects are the figures that plays the artistic role. ...