Concepts LLMOps

This chapter provides an introduction to LLMOps and the ideation phase of LLM application development. It explains the basics of LLMOps, highlights the lifecycle stages of LLMs, and covers key activities in the ideation phase, such as data sourcing and selecting between open-source and proprietary LLMs.

This chapter focuses on the development phase of LLM application creation. It covers prompt engineering, agents and chains, RAG versus fine-tuning techniques, and testing methods.

This chapter focuses on the operational phase of LLM application deployment and management. We will cover deployment strategies like CI/CD, scaling techniques, monitoring practices, cost management strategies, and governance and security considerations. Mastering these concepts will help you efficiently manage LLM applications in operational environments.