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Data Science Foundations
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Data Science Foundations

by Stephen Mariadas, Ian Huke
May 2025
Beginner
178 pages
4h 50m
English
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
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5 DISCOVERY

When an organisation kicks off a data science project, one person is normally made accountable for its delivery: the sponsor. They might be the person who came up with the idea or someone to whom the responsibility has been delegated. One of their roles is to initiate the project.

The first step in the data analysis lifecycle is discovery. Discovery is when the project is investigated to understand its objectives, scope, resource needs and constraints. Constraints might be time, financial, technology and, of course, data. An important part of discovery is determining whether the project is feasible. This includes not only whether it is worth doing, but also whether it has the resources (including expertise) to deliver it. Sometimes ...

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