The Harry Potter Problem: Define the Why to Succeed With Your Machine Learning Project

You might have noticed a comment was made on the first article in this series: I didn't mention the'why' as a KSF in bringing home a machine learning project. And it's true, forgetting the why is a serious problem. As the commenter noted: Unless there's a why and a businessperson involved, all you've got is a handicapped specialty group who have been given tools, but not told what to do with them. So here's my amended list of KSFs for a machine learning project: The why is the business reason for the project. It's rarely as exciting or motivating as the technology involved. But it pays the bills.