First off, let's start with a simple chat to see if we're a good match. We both want to work on projects that have a good chance of success, right? So, let's chat about your goals, your data, and what you've been up to. We'll only jump in if we can genuinely improve on what you're already doing.
Next, we usually kick things off with a short paid engagement, usually lasting 1-3 weeks. We'll take a look at a sample of your data and figure out what you want to learn from it and your desired business metrics. Then, we'll come up with a detailed plan for building a functional prototype and an initial production system. At this point, we'll both decide if we can still deliver meaningful results for you, given the likely investment to proceed.
Assuming we decide to move forward, our next step is to build a prototype, or a series of functional prototypes, to reduce risk and show you how the model and system perform, including APIs. We'll take as many reasonable shortcuts as we can (e.g., use static data) to efficiently demonstrate whether the system can perform.
If everything goes smoothly, we'll seamlessly transition the prototype into a production system for you. Once the system is live, we can keep optimizing and maintaining it for you, or we can hand it off to your team, whichever suits you best.
Let me know if you need further adjustments!