Evaluating and Selecting the Best Model(s) for Your GenAI Solution
Choosing the right model is one of the highest-leverage decisions in any GenAI solution, yet many teams still rely on demos, benchmarks, or vendor defaults. This workshop introduces a structured, repeatable approach to evaluating models so teams can make defensible, outcome-aligned decisions across projects.
To win, teams must consistently select models based on clear objectives, constraints, and a repeatable evaluation process—not intuition or hype.
Teams evaluating GenAI models often encounter the same obstacles:
- Undefined evaluation lifecycle: Jump into testing without a clear sequence from requirements to final selection.
- Capability confusion: Struggle to map different model types and strengths to real solution needs.
- One-off decisions: Rebuild evaluation logic for every project with no reusable framework.
These gaps lead to weak model fit, avoidable cost and risk, and inconsistent GenAI outcomes.
In this hands-on workshop, your team works through a complete model evaluation process and applies it to realistic GenAI scenarios to establish a reusable decision framework.
- Outline a clear, end-to-end model evaluation lifecycle.
- Examine major model types and the capabilities they are best suited for.
- Translate solution objectives into concrete evaluation criteria.
- Compare commercial and open-source model options using consistent tradeoffs.
- Define a reusable framework teams can apply across GenAI initiatives.
- Outlining the Model Evaluation Lifecycle
- Understanding Model Types and Capabilities
- Aligning Evaluation to Solution Objectives
- Comparing Commercial vs. Open Source Options
- Establishing a Reusable Evaluation Framework
- Apply a structured lifecycle for evaluating GenAI models.
- Match model types to solution needs with greater confidence.
- Define evaluation criteria grounded in real business and technical objectives.
- Make informed tradeoffs between proprietary and open-source models.
- Reuse a consistent framework to select models across projects.
Who Should Attend:
Solution Essentials
Virtual or in-person
2 hours
Introductory to intermediate
Model evaluation templates and comparison artifacts provided during the workshop