This initial phase focuses on understanding the project objectives and requirements from a business perspective, then converting this knowledge into a data mining problem definition and a preliminary plan designed to achieve the objectives.
到了2012年,Jean Paul Isson和Jesse S. Harriott寫的《Win With Advanced Business Analytics》這本書,也是把Business Challenges放在他們提出的BASP(Business Analytics Sucess Pillars)架構的第一位:
... a crucial step of any business analytics implementation requires clear understanding of organizational objectives, or "business challenges," to ensure that any solution is aligned with, and addresses, the company's biggest or most pressing needs.那麼為什麼人們還是常常輕忽了這個重要的步驟,直接就討論要建置什麼模型呢?我觀察到一個現象,也許跟這種狀況有關。







