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CRISP-DM View
By supporting the Cross-Industry Standard Process for D ata Mining (CRISP-DM), IBM® SPSS®
Modeler projects provide an industry-proven and non-proprietary way of organizing the pieces
of your data mining efforts. CRISP-DM uses six phases to describe the process from star t
(gather ing business requirements) to finish (deploying your results). Even though some phases
do not typically involve work in SPSS Modeler, the project pane includes all six phases so that
you have a central location for storing and tracking all materials associate d with the project.
For example, the Business Understanding phase typically involves gathering requirements and
meeting with co lleagues to determine goals rathe r than working with data in SPSS Modeler. The
project pane allow s you to store your notes from such meetings in the Business Understanding
folder for future reference and inclusio n in reports.
Figure 11-2
CRISP-DM view
The CRISP-DM view in the project pan e is also equipped with its own Help system to gui de you
through the data m ining life cycle. From SPSS Modeler, this help can be a ccessed by clicking
CRISP-DM Help on the Help menu.
Note: If the proje ct pane is not visible in the window, click Project on the View menu.
Setting the Default Project Phase
Objects added to a pro ject are added to a default phase of CRISP-DM. This means that you need
to organize objects manually according to the data m ining phase in which you used them. It is
wise to set the default folder to the p hase in whi ch you are currently working.
To select which phase to use as your default:
E In CR ISP-DM view, right-click the folder for the phase to set as the default.
E On the menu, click Set as Default.
The default folder is displayed in bold type.