| 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 | ||
| Data Mining Outcomes | Data mining goals Data mining success criteria | ||
| Project Plan | A project plan Assessment of likely tools and techniques | ||
| 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 | ||
| Integrate Data | Merge Data | ||
| Format Data | Reformat data Revised parameter settings | ||
| 4 | Modeling | Select Modeling Techniques | Modeling technique Modeling assumptions |
| Generate Test Design | Test Design | ||
| Build Model | Parameter Settings Models Model Description | ||
| Assess Model | Model assessment Revised parameter settings | ||
| 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 |
