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Build vs. Buy vs. Prompt

What you'll be able to do

Turn a vague AI request into a problem statement, a build/buy/prompt call, and a one-page memo the client's technical lead can't immediately push back on.

How a consultant or solutions architect scopes an AI request in the first client meeting, before any vendor conversation or cost estimate is possible.
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Sections

1. Build vs. Buy vs. Prompt
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2. The Wrong Question
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3. The Four Honest Patterns
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4. Prompt, RAG, or Fine-tune
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5. The Memo
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Dig deeper

🔗The prompt / RAG / fine-tune decision tree (template pack)
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📄Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Knowledge-Intensive NLP Tasks (Lewis et al., 2020)
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Part of these learning paths

I'm a leader and I want to evaluate and govern AI investments in my organization
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