April 2026 PDC State of Data Modeling Survey Results Are In!
What 334 people said about the state of data modeling in April 2026.
Practical Data Modeling
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Ch 16 - Be Water. The Continuous Practice of Data Modeling
Chapter 16 of Mixed Model Arts
Ch 15 - People and Organizations: Data Modeling is a Full-Contact Sport
Chapter 15 of Mixed Model Arts
New pulse survey just dropped: The State of Data Modeling (April 2026).
April 2026 Edition
Ch 13 - Seeing the Business
Chapter 13 of Mixed Model Arts
Ch 12 - Stringing Together the Building Blocks
Chapter 12 of Mixed Model Arts
Ch 11 - Context, Intent, and Action: The Semantic Foundation
Chapter 11 of Mixed Model Arts
Chapter 10: Why Time Matters in Data Modeling
Chapter 10 of Mixed Model Arts
Ch 9 - Counting and Aggregation: Controlling the Grain
Chapter 9 of Mixed Model Arts
Ch 8 - Grain: Getting the Level Right
Ch. 8 of Mixed Model Arts
Relationships: Tying It Together
Chapter 7 of Mixed Model Arts
Ch 6 - Attributes: Describing the Entity
Chapter 6 of Mixed Model Arts
Ch 5 - Entities, Instances, and Identifiers
Chapter 5 of Mixed Model Arts
Beyond Rows and Columns: The Five Forms of Data
Chapter 4 of Mixed Model Arts
No Free Lunch: The Debt, The Excuses, and The Reality of Data Modeling
Chapter 3 of Mixed Model Arts
What Data modeling Is and Is Not
Chapter 2 (Revised) of Mixed Model Arts
The Organizational Crisis in Data Modeling: Why 89% of Engineers Are Struggling
And what's up the the other 11%?
The Era of the Mixed Model Artist
Chapter One of Mixed Model Arts
Mixed Model Arts
Excerpt from Chapter 1 - The Era of the Mixed Model Artist