Assume that you will be up for a promotion next month and you'd like to analyze a recently acquired database to apply your data analytic skills. After identifying the goal of your data analysis, as in...

Assume that you will be up for a promotion next month and you'd like to analyze a recently acquired database to apply your data analytic skills. After identifying the goal of your data analysis, as in the first step of the IMPACT cycle, what would be the next step u that you should take if you have a direct access to the database?