LAYER 5 · DESIGN · STAGE 5

Data modelling for FDEs

Quick answer

Shaping tables and entities so the data answers real questions. A good model makes every later report, retrieval job and eval simpler.

Practise it

  1. 1. Model a CRM export as a star schema
  2. 2. Choose keys and handle history
  3. 3. Document the model for the client's analysts

Where it sits

Stage 5 of the roadmap: Customer discovery. You can turn a vague brief into scope, a design and a plan a client signs.

Field problems

Map a client's CRM fields to a warehouse schema [ EASY ]

Portfolio projects

Weekly KPI report from a messy database

A gap skill for: full stack developers, field engineers