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4. The App Lifecycle

Building generative AI applications requires an iterative process of refinement from prompt to production. The application lifecycle (GenAIOps) is best illustrated by the three stages shown:

  1. Ideation - involves building the initial prototype, validating it manually with a test prompt.
  2. Evaluation - involves assessing it for quality and safety with large, diverse test datasets.
  3. Operationalization - involves deploying it for real-world usage & monitoring it for insights.

GenAIOps

In the next section, we'll map this app lifeycle to a simplified development workflow that identifies the core developer task at each stage, and highlights a key developer tool that streamlines its execution.