The involvement of human resources in large scale data mining projects

Data mining projects are complex and have a high failure rate. In order to improve the success rate of such projects it is not only important to follow a predefined life cycle but it is also vital to the overall success of the project to manage human resources and their involvement in data mining projects. This paper reports on research outcomes based on the development of a data mining life cycle in regards to human involvement. This area is often neglected during project planning and implementation. Throughout the paper a detailed study of the human resource involvement in a large scale data mining project has been carried out resulting in various matrices and diagrams that can support project management, IT managers and academic research.