| No | Label | Action | Includes |
| 1 | Business Understanding | Business Objectives | Background
Business objectives Business Success Criteria |
| Assess Situation | List of requirements
Assumption and constraints Risks and contingencies Terminology Cost and benefit |
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| Data Mining Outcomes | Data mining goals
Data mining success criteria |
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| Project Plan | A project plan
Assessment of likely tools and techniques |
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| 2 | Data Understanding | Collect Initial Data | Initial data collection report |
| Describe Data | Data description report | ||
| Explore Data | Data exploration report | ||
| Verify Data Quality | Data quality report | ||
| 3 | Data Preparation | Select Data | Rational for inclusion/ exclusion |
| Clean Data | Data cleaning report | ||
| Construct Data | Derived attributes
Generates report |
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| Integrate Data | Merge Data | ||
| Format Data | Reformat data
Revised parameter settings |
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| 4 | Modeling | Select Modeling Techniques | Modeling technique
Modeling assumptions |
| Generate Test Design | Test Design | ||
| Build Model | Parameter Settings
Models Model Description |
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| Assess Model | Model assessment
Revised parameter settings |
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| 5 | Evaluation | Evaluate Results | Assessment of data
Approve model |
| Review Process | Review process | ||
| Determine Next Step | List of future actions decisions | ||
| 6 | Deployment | Plan Deployment | Deployment plan |
| Plan Monitoring & Maintenance | Monitoring and maintenance plan | ||
| Produce Final Report | Final reportFinal presentation | ||
| Review Project | Document experience |