At an IMF Web forum, Buck Woody, a SQL Server Technical Specialist, discussed the conflicting environment between DBAs and developers. According to Woody, this conflict is divided into three main categories which include:
• Conflicting requirements
• Conflicting Customers
• Conflicting Ideologies
In order to understand the reasons behind why this conflict exists, it is important to define each role. Woody defines a developer as, “someone who uses various tools and software methodologies usually within a team and is charge of particular duties” while “pure DBA’s” refer to those who own the data stack from beginning to end.”
In his presentation Woody takes a closer look at the source of the conflict by highlighting the different requirements of each role and the effect of conflicting customers and conflicting ideologies. Woody also offers his advice on how to successfully overcome these conflicts and bring teams together. According to Woody, “The first step in bringing the team together is to let the team know that there may be some shared resources available.”
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About the Author
Buck Woody has been working with Information Technology since 1981. He has worked for the U.S. Air Force, at an IBM reseller as technical support, and for NASA as well as U.S. Space Command as an IT contractor. He has worked in most all IT positions from computer repair technician to system and database administrator, and from network technician to IT Manager, but it is the database field he always returns to. He has been a DBA and Database Developer on everything from an Oracle system running on a VAX to SQL Server and DB2 installations. Buck has a business degree and several industry certifications, including MCSE, MCDBA and Brainbench DBA. He is the author of over 300 SQL Server articles and four published SQL Server books; he is the site personality on InformIT.com’s SQL web, and was the President of the Tampa SQL User’s Group for 5 years. He was awarded the Microsoft MVP Award in 2006 for SQL Server, and started work in the SQL Server Team at Microsoft a year later. He has over twenty years extensive professional and practical experience in computer networks and network design. He is experienced in design and management of business and technical systems, as well as marketing and training those systems to the user community and corporate officers.
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