Component/Object to Relational Database Bridging: A Leader's Guide to Bridging the Chasm between Database and Software Engineers

This tutorial will review the perspectives of object and database engineers in software and database systems development. It will explore the nature of the "entricity" battles that often occur, and it will provide guidelines to those managing or working with these engineers on how to effectively negotiate this challenge to produce good software and information systems. Discussion will center on establishing common goals, developing object/relational communications, setting up an effective development process and dealing with inevitable misunderstandings and required compromises.