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The AI Metric Tree: Business, Product, Quality, System and Risk Layers
A metric tree for an AI feature needs two layers classic product trees lack: output quality and risk. This guide builds the five layers (business, product, quality, system, risk), explains leading versus lagging indicators, shows how to find silent-failure proxies and how to validate that the tree's links hold.
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