The point of Agile is to allow business rules in the software to evolve as business rules in the business evolve.
There are ways to build a database to allow for ease-of-evolution, and hence Agile databases. Ironically, they require even more up-front planning and homework, not less.
But what most developers mean by "Agile" is actually "Cowboy". Database development can be quite Agile. It creates a horrible mess when it's done Cowboy-Coder style.
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