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Domain 7

Troubleshooting and Optimization

3 build exercises to practise the concepts in this domain.

7.1Intermediate35 minutes

7.1 — Map Symptoms to Causes and First Fixes

What you will learn

  • How symptoms such as generic, off-format, wrong, or inconsistent output point to different causes.
  • How to find out what changed before rewriting.
  • How to choose the cheapest first fix.
  • How to confirm the fix worked.
Open lesson 7.1
7.2Intermediate35 minutes

7.2 — Change One Variable at a Time

What you will learn

  • Why changing several things together hides what worked.
  • How to turn user feedback into one testable change.
  • How to compare before and after on the same input.
  • When to revert a change.
Open lesson 7.2
7.3Advanced45 minutes

7.3 — Make a Workflow Faster and Cheaper Without Losing Quality

What you will learn

  • How shared Projects remove repeated setup.
  • How a smaller sufficient model reduces cost and wait time.
  • How to cut steps that add no value.
  • How to verify quality did not drop.
Open lesson 7.3