Using data to get insights into how the business is doing is vital for organizations. A data science project life cycle usually observes the following basic steps from the beginning to the end.
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Those steps may vary according to the type of project or company:
The main goal of this stage is to get a clear idea about the project's aims. All the outcomes and the respective data sources are defined, and the stakeholders have to agree.
2. Data understanding
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In this phase, consolidation of data sources and cleaning of the data happens. A very time-consuming step where all the issues with the data are identified, and the final dataset, connected to the goals, is generated.
3. Data Analysis
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All the possible analyses and models are generated in this phase(where the fun happens!).
4. Visualizations
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Connected with data analysis, this is the stage where all the data take different shapes allowing the uncovering of details otherwise not visible.
5. Presentation of findings
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The wrap-up stage. Everything is assembled and presented to the stakeholders to support a data-driven decision-making process.
Some of the best theorizing comes after collecting data because then you become aware of another reality -By Robert J. Shiller, Economics Nobel Prize Winner
How are you getting insights from the data that you collect? Do your data science projects use the steps above?
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