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AI Project Cycle
In this chapter, we will revisit the concept of AI Project Cycle.
Introduction
Let us assume that you have to make a greeting card for your mother as it is her birthday. You are very
excited about it and have thought of many ideas to execute the same. Let us look at some of the steps
which you might take to accomplish this task:
1. Look for some cool greeting card ideas from different sources. You might go online and
checkout some videos or you may ask someone who has knowledge about it.
2. After finalising the design, you would make a list of things that are required to make this card.
3. You will check if you have the material with you or not. If not, you could go and get all the
items required, ready for use.
4. Once you have everything with you, you would start making the card.
5. If you make a mistake in the card somewhere which cannot be rectified, you will discard it and
start remaking it.
6. Once the greeting card is made, you would gift it to your mother.
Are these steps relatable?
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Do you think your steps might differ? If so, write them down!
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
These steps show how we plan to execute the tasks around us. Consciously or Subconsciously our
mind makes up plans for every task which we have to accomplish which is why things become clearer
in our mind. Similarly, if we have to develop an AI project, the AI Project Cycle provides us with an
appropriate framework which can lead us towards the goal. The AI Project Cycle mainly has 5 stages:
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AI Project Cycle
In this chapter, we will revisit the concept of AI Project Cycle.
Introduction
Let us assume that you have to make a greeting card for your mother as it is her birthday. You are very
excited about it and have thought of many ideas to execute the same. Let us look at some of the steps
which you might take to accomplish this task:
1. Look for some cool greeting card ideas from different sources. You might go online and
checkout some videos or you may ask someone who has knowledge about it.
2. After finalising the design, you would make a list of things that are required to make this card.
3. You will check if you have the material with you or not. If not, you could go and get all the
items required, ready for use.
4. Once you have everything with you, you would start making the card.
5. If you make a mistake in the card somewhere which cannot be rectified, you will discard it and
start remaking it.
6. Once the greeting card is made, you would gift it to your mother.
Are these steps relatable?
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
Do you think your steps might differ? If so, write them down!
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
These steps show how we plan to execute the tasks around us. Consciously or Subconsciously our
mind makes up plans for every task which we have to accomplish which is why things become clearer
in our mind. Similarly, if we have to develop an AI project, the AI Project Cycle provides us with an
appropriate framework which can lead us towards the goal. The AI Project Cycle mainly has 5 stages:
* Images shown here are the property of individual organisations and are used here for reference purpose only.
Starting with Problem Scoping, you set the goal for your AI project by stating the problem which you
wish to solve with it. Under problem scoping, we look at various parameters which affect the problem
we wish to solve so that the picture becomes clearer.
To proceed,
? You need to acquire data which will become the base of your project as it will help you in
understanding what the parameters that are related to problem scoping are.
? You go for data acquisition by collecting data from various reliable and authentic sources.
Since the data you collect would be in large quantities, you can try to give it a visual image of
different types of representations like graphs, databases, flow charts, maps, etc. This makes
it easier for you to interpret the patterns which your acquired data follows.
? After exploring the patterns, you can decide upon the type of model you would build to
achieve the goal. For this, you can research online and select various models which give a
suitable output.
? You can test the selected models and figure out which is the most efficient one.
? The most efficient model is now the base of your AI project and you can develop your
algorithm around it.
? Once the modelling is complete, you now need to test your model on some newly fetched
data. The results will help you in evaluating your model and improving it.
? Finally, after evaluation, the project cycle is now complete and what you get is your AI project.
Let us understand each stage of the AI Project Cycle in detail.
Problem Scoping
It is a fact that we are surrounded by problems. They could be small or big, sometimes ignored or
sometimes even critical. Many times, we become so used to a problem that it becomes a part of our
life. Identifying such a problem and having a vision to solve it, is what Problem Scoping is about. A lot
of times we are unable to observe any problem in our surroundings. In that case, we can take a look
at the Sustainable Development Goals. 17 goals have been announced by the United nations which
are termed as the Sustainable Development Goals. The aim is to achieve these goals by the end of
2030. A pledge to do so has been taken by all the member nations of the UN.
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* Images shown here are the property of individual organisations and are used here for reference purpose only.
AI Project Cycle
In this chapter, we will revisit the concept of AI Project Cycle.
Introduction
Let us assume that you have to make a greeting card for your mother as it is her birthday. You are very
excited about it and have thought of many ideas to execute the same. Let us look at some of the steps
which you might take to accomplish this task:
1. Look for some cool greeting card ideas from different sources. You might go online and
checkout some videos or you may ask someone who has knowledge about it.
2. After finalising the design, you would make a list of things that are required to make this card.
3. You will check if you have the material with you or not. If not, you could go and get all the
items required, ready for use.
4. Once you have everything with you, you would start making the card.
5. If you make a mistake in the card somewhere which cannot be rectified, you will discard it and
start remaking it.
6. Once the greeting card is made, you would gift it to your mother.
Are these steps relatable?
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
Do you think your steps might differ? If so, write them down!
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
These steps show how we plan to execute the tasks around us. Consciously or Subconsciously our
mind makes up plans for every task which we have to accomplish which is why things become clearer
in our mind. Similarly, if we have to develop an AI project, the AI Project Cycle provides us with an
appropriate framework which can lead us towards the goal. The AI Project Cycle mainly has 5 stages:
* Images shown here are the property of individual organisations and are used here for reference purpose only.
Starting with Problem Scoping, you set the goal for your AI project by stating the problem which you
wish to solve with it. Under problem scoping, we look at various parameters which affect the problem
we wish to solve so that the picture becomes clearer.
To proceed,
? You need to acquire data which will become the base of your project as it will help you in
understanding what the parameters that are related to problem scoping are.
? You go for data acquisition by collecting data from various reliable and authentic sources.
Since the data you collect would be in large quantities, you can try to give it a visual image of
different types of representations like graphs, databases, flow charts, maps, etc. This makes
it easier for you to interpret the patterns which your acquired data follows.
? After exploring the patterns, you can decide upon the type of model you would build to
achieve the goal. For this, you can research online and select various models which give a
suitable output.
? You can test the selected models and figure out which is the most efficient one.
? The most efficient model is now the base of your AI project and you can develop your
algorithm around it.
? Once the modelling is complete, you now need to test your model on some newly fetched
data. The results will help you in evaluating your model and improving it.
? Finally, after evaluation, the project cycle is now complete and what you get is your AI project.
Let us understand each stage of the AI Project Cycle in detail.
Problem Scoping
It is a fact that we are surrounded by problems. They could be small or big, sometimes ignored or
sometimes even critical. Many times, we become so used to a problem that it becomes a part of our
life. Identifying such a problem and having a vision to solve it, is what Problem Scoping is about. A lot
of times we are unable to observe any problem in our surroundings. In that case, we can take a look
at the Sustainable Development Goals. 17 goals have been announced by the United nations which
are termed as the Sustainable Development Goals. The aim is to achieve these goals by the end of
2030. A pledge to do so has been taken by all the member nations of the UN.
* Images shown here are the property of individual organisations and are used here for reference purpose only.
Here are the 17 SDGs. Let’s take a look:
As you can see, many goals correspond to the problems which we might observe around us too. One
should look for such problems and try to solve them as this would make many lives better and help
our country achieve these goals.
Scoping a problem is not that easy as we need to have a deeper understanding around it so that the
picture becomes clearer while we are working to solve it. Hence, we use the 4Ws Problem Canvas to
help us out.
4Ws Problem Canvas
The 4Ws Problem canvas helps in identifying the key elements related to the problem.
Let us go through each of the blocks one by one.
Who?
The “Who” block helps in analysing the people getting affected directly or indirectly due to it. Under
this, we find out who the ‘Stakeholders’ to this problem are and what we know about them.
Stakeholders are the people who face this problem and would be benefitted with the solution. Here is
the Who Canvas:
Who? What? Where? Why?
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* Images shown here are the property of individual organisations and are used here for reference purpose only.
AI Project Cycle
In this chapter, we will revisit the concept of AI Project Cycle.
Introduction
Let us assume that you have to make a greeting card for your mother as it is her birthday. You are very
excited about it and have thought of many ideas to execute the same. Let us look at some of the steps
which you might take to accomplish this task:
1. Look for some cool greeting card ideas from different sources. You might go online and
checkout some videos or you may ask someone who has knowledge about it.
2. After finalising the design, you would make a list of things that are required to make this card.
3. You will check if you have the material with you or not. If not, you could go and get all the
items required, ready for use.
4. Once you have everything with you, you would start making the card.
5. If you make a mistake in the card somewhere which cannot be rectified, you will discard it and
start remaking it.
6. Once the greeting card is made, you would gift it to your mother.
Are these steps relatable?
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
Do you think your steps might differ? If so, write them down!
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
These steps show how we plan to execute the tasks around us. Consciously or Subconsciously our
mind makes up plans for every task which we have to accomplish which is why things become clearer
in our mind. Similarly, if we have to develop an AI project, the AI Project Cycle provides us with an
appropriate framework which can lead us towards the goal. The AI Project Cycle mainly has 5 stages:
* Images shown here are the property of individual organisations and are used here for reference purpose only.
Starting with Problem Scoping, you set the goal for your AI project by stating the problem which you
wish to solve with it. Under problem scoping, we look at various parameters which affect the problem
we wish to solve so that the picture becomes clearer.
To proceed,
? You need to acquire data which will become the base of your project as it will help you in
understanding what the parameters that are related to problem scoping are.
? You go for data acquisition by collecting data from various reliable and authentic sources.
Since the data you collect would be in large quantities, you can try to give it a visual image of
different types of representations like graphs, databases, flow charts, maps, etc. This makes
it easier for you to interpret the patterns which your acquired data follows.
? After exploring the patterns, you can decide upon the type of model you would build to
achieve the goal. For this, you can research online and select various models which give a
suitable output.
? You can test the selected models and figure out which is the most efficient one.
? The most efficient model is now the base of your AI project and you can develop your
algorithm around it.
? Once the modelling is complete, you now need to test your model on some newly fetched
data. The results will help you in evaluating your model and improving it.
? Finally, after evaluation, the project cycle is now complete and what you get is your AI project.
Let us understand each stage of the AI Project Cycle in detail.
Problem Scoping
It is a fact that we are surrounded by problems. They could be small or big, sometimes ignored or
sometimes even critical. Many times, we become so used to a problem that it becomes a part of our
life. Identifying such a problem and having a vision to solve it, is what Problem Scoping is about. A lot
of times we are unable to observe any problem in our surroundings. In that case, we can take a look
at the Sustainable Development Goals. 17 goals have been announced by the United nations which
are termed as the Sustainable Development Goals. The aim is to achieve these goals by the end of
2030. A pledge to do so has been taken by all the member nations of the UN.
* Images shown here are the property of individual organisations and are used here for reference purpose only.
Here are the 17 SDGs. Let’s take a look:
As you can see, many goals correspond to the problems which we might observe around us too. One
should look for such problems and try to solve them as this would make many lives better and help
our country achieve these goals.
Scoping a problem is not that easy as we need to have a deeper understanding around it so that the
picture becomes clearer while we are working to solve it. Hence, we use the 4Ws Problem Canvas to
help us out.
4Ws Problem Canvas
The 4Ws Problem canvas helps in identifying the key elements related to the problem.
Let us go through each of the blocks one by one.
Who?
The “Who” block helps in analysing the people getting affected directly or indirectly due to it. Under
this, we find out who the ‘Stakeholders’ to this problem are and what we know about them.
Stakeholders are the people who face this problem and would be benefitted with the solution. Here is
the Who Canvas:
Who? What? Where? Why?
What?
Under the “What” block, you need to look into what you have on hand. At this stage, you need to
determine the nature of the problem. What is the problem and how do you know that it is a problem?
Under this block, you also gather evidence to prove that the problem you have selected actually exists.
Newspaper articles, Media, announcements, etc are some examples. Here is the What Canvas:
Where?
Now that you know who is associated with the problem and what the problem actually is; you need
to focus on the context/situation/location of the problem. This block will help you look into the
situation in which the problem arises, the context of it, and the locations where it is prominent. Here
is the Where Canvas:
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* Images shown here are the property of individual organisations and are used here for reference purpose only.
AI Project Cycle
In this chapter, we will revisit the concept of AI Project Cycle.
Introduction
Let us assume that you have to make a greeting card for your mother as it is her birthday. You are very
excited about it and have thought of many ideas to execute the same. Let us look at some of the steps
which you might take to accomplish this task:
1. Look for some cool greeting card ideas from different sources. You might go online and
checkout some videos or you may ask someone who has knowledge about it.
2. After finalising the design, you would make a list of things that are required to make this card.
3. You will check if you have the material with you or not. If not, you could go and get all the
items required, ready for use.
4. Once you have everything with you, you would start making the card.
5. If you make a mistake in the card somewhere which cannot be rectified, you will discard it and
start remaking it.
6. Once the greeting card is made, you would gift it to your mother.
Are these steps relatable?
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
Do you think your steps might differ? If so, write them down!
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
These steps show how we plan to execute the tasks around us. Consciously or Subconsciously our
mind makes up plans for every task which we have to accomplish which is why things become clearer
in our mind. Similarly, if we have to develop an AI project, the AI Project Cycle provides us with an
appropriate framework which can lead us towards the goal. The AI Project Cycle mainly has 5 stages:
* Images shown here are the property of individual organisations and are used here for reference purpose only.
Starting with Problem Scoping, you set the goal for your AI project by stating the problem which you
wish to solve with it. Under problem scoping, we look at various parameters which affect the problem
we wish to solve so that the picture becomes clearer.
To proceed,
? You need to acquire data which will become the base of your project as it will help you in
understanding what the parameters that are related to problem scoping are.
? You go for data acquisition by collecting data from various reliable and authentic sources.
Since the data you collect would be in large quantities, you can try to give it a visual image of
different types of representations like graphs, databases, flow charts, maps, etc. This makes
it easier for you to interpret the patterns which your acquired data follows.
? After exploring the patterns, you can decide upon the type of model you would build to
achieve the goal. For this, you can research online and select various models which give a
suitable output.
? You can test the selected models and figure out which is the most efficient one.
? The most efficient model is now the base of your AI project and you can develop your
algorithm around it.
? Once the modelling is complete, you now need to test your model on some newly fetched
data. The results will help you in evaluating your model and improving it.
? Finally, after evaluation, the project cycle is now complete and what you get is your AI project.
Let us understand each stage of the AI Project Cycle in detail.
Problem Scoping
It is a fact that we are surrounded by problems. They could be small or big, sometimes ignored or
sometimes even critical. Many times, we become so used to a problem that it becomes a part of our
life. Identifying such a problem and having a vision to solve it, is what Problem Scoping is about. A lot
of times we are unable to observe any problem in our surroundings. In that case, we can take a look
at the Sustainable Development Goals. 17 goals have been announced by the United nations which
are termed as the Sustainable Development Goals. The aim is to achieve these goals by the end of
2030. A pledge to do so has been taken by all the member nations of the UN.
* Images shown here are the property of individual organisations and are used here for reference purpose only.
Here are the 17 SDGs. Let’s take a look:
As you can see, many goals correspond to the problems which we might observe around us too. One
should look for such problems and try to solve them as this would make many lives better and help
our country achieve these goals.
Scoping a problem is not that easy as we need to have a deeper understanding around it so that the
picture becomes clearer while we are working to solve it. Hence, we use the 4Ws Problem Canvas to
help us out.
4Ws Problem Canvas
The 4Ws Problem canvas helps in identifying the key elements related to the problem.
Let us go through each of the blocks one by one.
Who?
The “Who” block helps in analysing the people getting affected directly or indirectly due to it. Under
this, we find out who the ‘Stakeholders’ to this problem are and what we know about them.
Stakeholders are the people who face this problem and would be benefitted with the solution. Here is
the Who Canvas:
Who? What? Where? Why?
What?
Under the “What” block, you need to look into what you have on hand. At this stage, you need to
determine the nature of the problem. What is the problem and how do you know that it is a problem?
Under this block, you also gather evidence to prove that the problem you have selected actually exists.
Newspaper articles, Media, announcements, etc are some examples. Here is the What Canvas:
Where?
Now that you know who is associated with the problem and what the problem actually is; you need
to focus on the context/situation/location of the problem. This block will help you look into the
situation in which the problem arises, the context of it, and the locations where it is prominent. Here
is the Where Canvas:
Why?
You have finally listed down all the major elements that affect the problem directly. Now it is
convenient to understand who the people that would be benefitted by the solution are; what is to be
solved; and where will the solution be deployed. These three canvases now become the base of why
you want to solve this problem. Thus, in the “Why” canvas, think about the benefits which the
stakeholders would get from the solution and how it will benefit them as well as the society.
After filling the 4Ws Problem canvas, you now need to summarise all the cards into one template. The
Problem Statement Template helps us to summarise all the key points into one single Template so
that in future, whenever there is need to look back at the basis of the problem, we can take a look at
the Problem Statement Template and understand the key elements of it.
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