This will be a highly interactive session where attendees evaluate the options and best practices of common and advanced design issues. Then they argue about the answers.

Modules may be voted on ahead of time by participants but could include:

• Are NULLs evil?
• How many are too many joins?
• Do we put security in the database or the application (or both)?
• Who gets the final say in design decisions?
• Are GUIDs helpful?
• Are all surrogate keys helpful?
• Are data models anti-agile?
• Is a database software or infrastructure, or both?
• Which is more important: performance or data quality?
• Is normalization the end of the world?
• Are naming standards just for the wicked?
• Are repeating columns that bad?
• How much security should be in the database rather than the application?
• Are faux NULLs dangerous?

Bring your votes, your debates, and your opinions.

Speaker: Karen Lopez

Sr. Project Manager & Architect
InfoAdvisors

Karen Lopez is a Senior Project Manager and Architect at InfoAdvisors. She has 20-plus years of experience in project and data management on large, multi-project programs. Karen is a popular speaker known for her highly interactive, practical, and sometimes irreverent presentation style. She is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and a VMWare vExpert. In addition, she is a Lifetime Advisor to DAMA International. Karen wants you to love your data as part of #TeamData.