Traditional database design techniques such as the Systems Design Life Cycle (SDLC), also known as the Yourdon Waterfall method, and Information Engineering (IE) were created to make design a manageable process, complete with tools, milestones, and reviews. A design-testing phase is a crucial methodological step in any formal process, but often designers neglect testing when timelines grow short and budgets shrink. To make matters worse, a project that is rushed through without formal testing ha...