Re: Ever met a good data modeler?

Hi John!

> Have you ever met a good data modeler? Why do you think he
> or she is good?

A good modeler:

• is not intimidated by communicating with suits (high management),
• does the design in an orderly fashion (business rules -> logical design -> physical design),
• knows when to apply different kinds of schemas (?NF ER, star, snowflake...),
• knows how to use tools (e.g. Designer, ERwin...) to speed up his/her work, and produce superior documentation,
• predicts possible changes, and leaves room in his/her design to possibly accomodate those changes in the future.

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