Incremental Documentation for Your Database, Using Minimal Modeling (English)

We’re happy to welcome Alexey Makhotkin who will introduce us to Minimal Modeling.

Abstract:

A typical problem that many companies have: hundreds of tables, and the documentation efforts do not gain traction. Common approaches to logical modeling, such as graphical schemas, do not live up to expectations. We show how a data catalog can be organized in a lightweight tabular format, e.g. a spreadsheet. In our approach, every database can be described using four concepts: anchors, attributes, links, and secondary data. The catalog is designed to be incremental and collaborative. Early adopters of Minimal Modeling approach report reduced project onboarding time, better communication with business stakeholders, and substantial project cost savings.

Speaker:

My name is Alexey Makhotkin. I’ve been working with databases for more than 25 years, in many roles from developer to head of software development. In the past few years, I worked on summarizing my experience, and the Minimal Modeling is the result of that.

Agenda:

19:00 Welcome & Introduction
19:10 Incremental Documentation for Your Database, Using Minimal Modeling (Alexey Makhotkin)
19:55 Discussion & Conclusion