Data Life Cycle

The data life cycle refers to the reiterative processes of working with data during a particular project. While the states are often identified and arranged differently by various organizations, generally the different processes include: generation, collection, processing, storage, management, analysis, visualization, and interpretation. As noted by Tim Stobierski, "The data life cycle is often described as a cycle because the lessons learned and insights gleaned from one data project typically inform the next. In this way, the final step of the process feeds back into the first."

Keywords: Data Life Cycle, Data