Chapter 1. A Process for Success
"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." | ||
| -- Robert Carrol | ||
"If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing." | ||
| -- W. Edwards Deming | ||
At first glance, this chapter may seem to have nothing to do with machine learning, but it has everything to do with machine learning and specifically, its implementation and making the changes happen. The smartest people, best software, and best algorithm do not guarantee success, no matter how it is defined.
In most—if not all—projects, the key to successfully solving problems or improving decision-making is not the algorithm, but the soft, more qualitative skills of communication and influence. The problem ...
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