Interview a systems analyst or database analyst and ask questions about how that organization uses data modeling and design tools in the systems development process.

Concentrate your questions on how data modeling and design tools are used to support data modeling and database design and how the data modeling and design tool’s repository maintains the information collected about data, data characteristics, and data usage. If multiple data modeling and design tools are used on one or many projects, ask how the organization attempts to integrate data models and data definitions. Finally, inquire how satisfied the systems and database analysts are with data modeling and design tool support for data modeling and database design.