Data Analytics

Lifecycle
B.Bhuvaneswaran
Assistant Professor (SS)
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Rajalakshmi Engineering College
Thandalam
Chennai 602 105
bhuvaneswaran@rajalakshmi.edu.in

Phase
Phase
Phase
Phase
Phase
Phase

1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:

Discovery
Data Preparation
Model Planning
Model Building
Communicate Results
Operationalize

Phase 1: Discovery

Learn the business domain, including relevant history,

such as whether the organization or business unit has
attempted similar projects in the past, from which you
can learn.
Assess the resources you will have to support the
project, in terms of people, technology, time, and data.
Frame the business problem as an analytic challenge
that can be addressed in subsequent phases.
Formulate initial hypotheses (IH) to test and begin
learning the data.

Question? (Ref. Module-2,

Page-16)

In which lifecycle stage are initial

hypotheses formed?

A. Discovery
B. Model planning
C. Model building
D. Data preparation

Of all of the phases, the step of Data

Preparation is generally the most iterative
and time intensive.

Question? (Ref. Module-2,

Page-20)

In which phase of the data analytics

lifecycle do Data Scientists spend the
most time in a project?

A. Discovery
B. Data Preparation
C. Model Building
D. Communicate Results

Phase 4: Model Building

Develop data sets for testing, training, and

production purposes.
Get the best environment you can for
executing models and workflows, including fast
hardware and parallel processing.

Question? (Ref. Module-2,

Page-29)

In which lifecycle stage are test and

training data sets created?

A. Model building
B. Model planning
C. Discovery
D. Data preparation

Question? (Ref. Module-2,

Page-29)

In which lifecycle stage are appropriate

analytical techniques determined?

A. Model planning
B. Model building
C. Data preparation
D. Discovery

Question? (Ref. Module-2,

Page-31)

In which phase of the analytic lifecycle

would you expect to spend most of the
project time?

A. Discovery
B. Data preparation
C. Communicate Results
D. Operationalize

Question? (Ref. Module-2,

Page-33)

Which activity is performed in the

Operationalize phase of the Data
Analytics Lifecycle?

A. Define the process to maintain the model

B. Try different analytical techniques
C. Try different variables
D. Transform existing variables

Question? (Ref. Module-2,

Page-37)

What is an appropriate data visualization

to use in a presentation for an analyst
audience?

A. Pie chart
B. Area chart
C. Stacked bar chart
D. ROC curve

References

Data Science and Big Data Analytics

(DSBDA), EMC.