Experimentation Measurement Uncertainty 
O'Reilly on Data
MARCH 25, 2025
ML apps needed to be developed through cycles of experimentation (as were no longer able to reason about how theyll behave based on software specs). The skillset and the background of people building the applications were realigned: People who were at home with data and experimentation got involved! How will you measure success?
O'Reilly on Data
MARCH 31, 2020
Machine learning adds uncertainty. Underneath this uncertainty lies further uncertainty in the development process itself. There are strategies for dealing with all of this uncertainty–starting with the proverb from the early days of Agile: “ do the simplest thing that could possibly work.”
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Rocket-Powered Data Science
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Those F’s are: Fragility, Friction, and FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt). encouraging and rewarding) a culture of experimentation across the organization. Encourage and reward a Culture of Experimentation that learns from failure, “ Test, or get fired! Test early and often. Expect continuous improvement.
O'Reilly on Data
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Technical sophistication: Sophistication measures a team’s ability to use advanced tools and techniques (e.g., Technical competence: Competence measures a team’s ability to successfully deliver on initiatives and projects. Technical competence results in reduced risk and uncertainty.
The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog
DECEMBER 14, 2021
by AMIR NAJMI & MUKUND SUNDARARAJAN Data science is about decision making under uncertainty. Some of that uncertainty is the result of statistical inference, i.e., using a finite sample of observations for estimation. But there are other kinds of uncertainty, at least as important, that are not statistical in nature.
The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog
APRIL 23, 2024
the weight given to Likes in our video recommendation algorithm) while $Y$ is a vector of outcome measures such as different metrics of user experience (e.g., Crucially, it takes into account the uncertainty inherent in our experiments. Figure 2: Spreading measurements out makes estimates of model (slope of line) more accurate.
O'Reilly on Data
OCTOBER 13, 2020
In an incident management blog post , Atlassian defines SLOs as: “the individual promises you’re making to that customer… SLOs are what set customer expectations and tell IT and DevOps teams what goals they need to hit and measure themselves against. While useful, these constructs are not beyond criticism.
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