data-centric development

noun
UK /ˈdeɪtə ˈsɛntrɪk dɪˈvɛləpmənt/
US /ˈdeɪtə ˈsɛntrɪk dɪˈvɛləpmənt/

A way of making things where you start with the information and build around it.

The team used data-centric development to design an app that learns from what users do.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A software approach where the structure of the data is planned before the code is written.

With data-centric development, the database schema was finalized before any coding began.

3. A method of building AI systems that improves the training data instead of only tweaking the model.

Data-centric development helped the image classifier by cleaning up mislabeled photos.

4. A project style where decisions are guided by collected facts rather than guesses.

Their data-centric development process meant every feature was backed by user statistics.