Using CRISP-DM to Grow as Data Scientist

First, let us clarify what CRISP-DM (short for cross-industry standard process for data mining) is. As its name suggests, CRISP-DM is a process model that can be employed to structure the analysis of data in different fields. The process consists of six major phases (see Figure 1 below). It is important to note that the process is highly non-linear and moving back and forth between different stages is the norm rather than an exception. On a high level, we can regard our own careers and goals as data scientists as (big) projects and use CRISP-DM to move forward as we would do with any other project.