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Machine Learning for Decision Makers

Machine learning proposals arrive with confident claims and a demonstration, and the decision to fund one is usually taken without the means to test either. This course supplies the means. Delegates cover what these systems actually do, the data volume and quality a model genuinely needs, and the difference between a demonstration and a production system, which is where most initiatives quietly end. Bias, explainability and the regulatory expectation of a human decision are covered against POPIA and comparable regimes. The course closes on evaluating a vendor or internal proposal, including the ongoing cost of a deployed model, which proposals routinely omit.

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Course objectives

  • Explain in plain terms what these systems do
  • Assess whether the data volume and quality a model needs actually exists
  • Distinguish a demonstration from a production system
  • Identify bias and the harm it produces in a specific application
  • Apply explainability and human decision requirements under POPIA
  • Evaluate a vendor or internal proposal past the demonstration
  • Account for the ongoing cost of a deployed model

Who should attend

  • Executives and senior managers approving investment
  • Product and operations leaders
  • Risk, audit and compliance professionals
  • Technology managers commissioning models
  • Public sector decision makers

Course outline

  1. 01What these systems actually do
  2. 02Data volume, quality and the honest precondition
  3. 03Demonstration against production
  4. 04Bias and application specific harm
  5. 05Explainability and the human decision
  6. 06Regulatory expectations under POPIA
  7. 07Evaluating a proposal
  8. 08The ongoing cost of a deployed model

Scheduled sessions

Scheduled sessions for Machine Learning for Decision Makers
DatesVenueFormatPriceRegister
21 to 23 September 2026Mbabane, EswatiniClassroomR14,950 per delegateRegister Now
21 to 23 December 2026OnlineOnlineR6,500 per delegateRegister Now
8 to 10 February 2027Maputo, MozambiqueClassroomUSD 995 per delegateRegister Now
22 to 24 March 2027Durban, South AfricaClassroomR14,950 per delegateRegister Now

Machine Learning for Decision Makers

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