Why ML Models Fail in Production: Beyond POC

A 91%-accurate predictive maintenance model built in four months sits unused six months later. The problem wasn't the algorithm—it was missing pipelines, documentation, and ownership. Enterprise ML stalls not because science fails, but because infrastructure and operations do. Full article: https://davidohnstad.net/ml-models-fail-production-poc/

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-11-02
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23892954
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Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
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Why ML Models Fail in Production: Beyond POC

David Ohnstad
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Why ML Models Fail in Production: Beyond POC

David Ohnstad
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Abstract

A 91%-accurate predictive maintenance model built in four months sits unused six months later. The problem wasn't the algorithm—it was missing pipelines, documentation, and ownership. Enterprise ML stalls not because science fails, but because infrastructure and operations do. Full article: https://davidohnstad.net/ml-models-fail-production-poc/

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