EDD Deep Dive - From Requirements
to Evaluation
Workshop
Do your GenAI teams have a clear, testable definition of “ready” before shipping?
Readiness and evaluation planning is foundational for turning GenAI work into repeatable delivery, but it gets brittle fast when ownership and benchmarks are vague.
To win, your GenAI solutions need a evaluation plan with clear DoR, owners, and benchmarks.
The Challenge
Without a strong approach to readiness and evaluation planning, teams struggle to:
- Keep evaluation tied to real delivery milestones instead of becoming a late-stage scramble.
- Assign clear objectives and owners, which makes gaps hard to detect and fix.
- Benchmark iteration, so teams can’t prove improvements or make confident go-forward decisions.
Readiness and evaluation gaps will drive quality issues, more hallucinations, slower iteration, and frustrated users.
Our Solution
In this hands-on workshop, your team defines DoR measures and builds an EDD action plan that links requirements to milestones, ownership, and validation. Areas of focus include:
- Definitions of Readiness (DoR) — Set clear criteria for go/no-go decisions and release confidence.
- Milestone-Linked EDD Plans — Tie evaluation actions to project checkpoints to keep delivery measurable.
- Evaluation Objectives and Owners — Document what gets evaluated, why it matters, and who is accountable.
- Dev and Product Cycle Alignment — Fit evaluation work into how teams actually plan, build, and ship.
- Benchmarks for Iteration and Validation — Establish targets that make iteration defensible and repeatable.
Skills You'll Gain
- Operational DoR Design — Create readiness definitions teams can use consistently across initiatives.
- Evaluation Planning Discipline — Build plans that stay aligned to milestones, not ad hoc opinions.
- Ownership and Accountability Patterns — Clarify responsibilities so evaluation work doesn’t slip.
- Benchmark-Driven Iteration — Measure progress and decide what to change, keep, or retire faster.
- Reusable Delivery Frameworks — Standardize readiness-to-evaluation workflows across GenAI projects.
Who Should Attend:
Solution Essentials
Format
Virtual or in-person
Duration
4 Hours
Skill Level
Familiarity with product and delivery cycles recommended
Tools
EDD action plan templates, DoR worksheets, milestone and benchmarking examples
Explore our EDD Certification Workshops
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A High-Level Introduction to Evaluation Driven Development (for non-Developers)
An Applied Introduction to Evaluation Driven Development (Developers)
Curating Your EDD Data