Writing the Project Plan

The project plan is the master document for all of your data mining work. If done well, it can inform everyone associated with the project of the goals, resources, risks, and schedule for all phases of data mining. You may want to publish the plan, as well as documentation gathered throughout this phase, to your company's intranet.

Task List

When creating the plan, be sure you've answered the following questions:

• Have you discussed the project tasks and proposed plan with everyone involved?
• Are time estimates included for all phases or tasks?
• Have you included the effort and resources needed to deploy the results or business solution?
• Are decision points and review requests highlighted in the plan?
• Have you marked phases where multiple iterations typically occur, such as modeling?