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The open framework for running AI in production.

ScaledAIOps is a community-maintained reference for engineering, data and product teams: six disciplines, eight principles and eight roles that describe how organisations operate AI systems reliably at scale. No vendor, no certification.

Operational Architecture Comparison

From Classic SDLC to ScaledAIOps

Traditional Software Development is code-centric and deterministic. ScaledAIOps operationalizes probabilistic AI systems through continuous feedback loops, governed data pipelines, and full model lifecycle observability.

The "Continuous Feedback Loop" you see below isn't just a lifecycle concept — this site runs it: see how scaledaiops.org resolves its own feedback with FFRS.

Traditional SDLC
Deterministic • Code-Centric • Static Logic
1. Requirements & Scoping
Functional Specs & User Stories
2. System Architecture & Design
Technical & API Specifications
System Architecture
Module & API Design
3. Implementation & Coding
Deterministic Codebase & Unit Tests
4. Quality Assurance & Testing
Code Coverage & Functional Checks
Unit-Level Testing
Integration Testing
5. Release & Deployment
CI/CD Binary Artifacts to Cloud
6. Maintenance & Bug Fixes
Infrastructure & Patch Releases

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The framework at a glance

Three layers. Click any tile to go deeper.

Disciplines

What teams must do

ML Engineering & Platform

Build, train and serve models reliably.

Model Lifecycle Management

Govern models from development to retirement.

Data Operations

Data quality, lineage, access and governance.

Reliability & Observability

Monitoring, SLOs and incident response for AI.

Security, Ethics & Compliance

Responsible AI, threat modelling, regulation.

Strategy & Organization

Business value, teams and adoption.

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