Model Development and Maintenance for AI Products

In this chapter, we will be exploring the nuances of model development, from linear regression to deep learning neural network models. We’ll cover the variety of models that are available to use, as well as what’s entailed for the maintenance of those models, from how they’re developed and trained to how they’re deployed and ultimately tested. This will be a basic overview to understand the end-to-end process of model maintenance that product managers can expect from the engineering and dev ops teams that support their products.

There’s a lot involved with bringing any new product to market, and if you’ve been a product manager for a while, you’re likely familiar with the new product development (NPD) process – or set of steps. As a precursor to the rest of the chapter, particularly for those that are unfamiliar with the NPD process, we’re going to be summarizing each...