This document proposes a "truly stepwise" approach to managing and implementing the data mining process. It involves storing the output of each main phase - such as pre-processing, feature extraction, and modeling - in a storage medium between phases. This allows each phase to work independently without needing to rerun previous phases. It compares this approach to the traditional method where all phases are combined and run sequentially without intermediate storage. The document then presents a case study applying this new approach to a project on resistance spot welding quality estimation, finding it performed better than the traditional approach.