Lesson 1 of 8
The ML workflow at a glance
In plain words: Every model project follows the same loop: define, collect, prepare, train, evaluate, deploy, monitor.
- Define the problem and pick one success metric before touching data.
- Collect & label real examples that look like what the model will see in production.
- Prepare the data and lock away a test set.
- Train a simple baseline first, then something better.
- Evaluate on data the model has never seen, and read its mistakes.
- Deploy the simplest way that meets your speed needs, then monitor for data drift.
Tip Most of the effort goes into data and evaluation, not the model itself.