In the end, it is the business representative (or his or her management) who will benefit from the results of data mining. Therefore, the business representative has to work very closely with the data mining expert (unless the business representative on this BI application is the data mining expert) in order to understand and interpret the data mining results.
Data mining expert
The data mining expert is a statistician who really knows the data and is familiar with the data mining techniques. He or she is usually responsible for selecting the most appropriate data mining tool for the organization. He or she is also the primary person who builds the analytical data model and analyzes the data mining results.
Database administrator
The database administrator must have a good understanding of the data content in order to design the data mining databases for the data mining activities. He or she works very closely with the data mining expert.
Subject matter expert
The subject matter expert can help analyze, define, cleanse , and prepare the source data for the data mining databases. He or she will work under the direction of the data mining expert.