This article from Doug Burns gives an great insight of the possibilities and advantages a Development DBA could have during the life-cycle of a development process.
Lot’s of time the function of a DDBA is not even implemented during this process with all the problems and drawbacks that will have regarding the success of a development cycle. It’s all about making the best use off the resources at hand (and most of the time there is so much potential that is not utilized…)
