Using the decision guide

This chapter is structured as a decision-making guide to help you ask the right questions and make the right decisions, given your specific requirements. It contains three sections with factors that should be considered during the solution design phase of your AI project.

These factors will guide you based on the type of features we have considered in this book. In general, we can consider the features along a spectrum of more out-of-the-box to more custom, as shown in the following diagram:

Figure 9.1 – AI feature spectrum

At the far left, we have pure out-of-the-box features such as Email Insights, while at the far right, we have entirely Custom Code-based solutions. For this guide, we will group these into four categories: out-of-the-box, declarative customizations, third-party APIs, and custom code-based solutions.

To use this guide, make a shortlist of different solution options that you might consider for implementation...