For anyone and everyone that would like to know more about how to: "Experience the Data Model", check out Scott Thornton’s blog at: http://dataglass.blogspot.com/2006/03/how-to-experience-data-model.html

 

As he says, the bottom line for building a data model is
1. Increases your chances of the new system fulfilling the actual business needs
2. Decreases your time-to-delivery for a working system
3. Increases reliability, predictability, and maintainability of the new system by encouraging the use of code generators and code templates in strategic ways early on in the design phase

Rock on Scott!