At the start of the project
Me: There's only 70 records and the insights we want are all business sense. I want to do some basic data visualization and just pick the best point
Director: Let's build a ML model

At the end of the project
Director: Let's scrap the model, do some basic data visualization and pick the best point
Me:...

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how would you even do a model with 70 records

how many features are there? let's establish that basis user requirements and then may be conduct such hypothesis

I do the end of the project thing first, then waste the time on the curve fitting ML exercise. So when they finally get to the visualization I already have it done and no stress.

People are often lacking strategic thinking skills at all levels, including at the Director level

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