← Reference library
PaperHigh credibilityIEEE Big Data 2017 · Eric Breck, Shanqing Cai, Eric Nielsen, Michael Salib, D. Sculley · December 11, 2017

The ML Test Score: A Rubric for ML Production Readiness and Technical Debt Reduction

Our summary

Twenty-eight concrete tests and monitoring needs for production ML, drawn from Google's experience — a rubric covering the deterministic scaffold (data, infra, model plumbing) that surrounds any learned component.

Why it matters

The canonical case that the non-model code around an ML system deserves ordinary, exact unit tests — the basis for unit-testing the deterministic scaffold.

Cited by these methods

Published June 26, 2026

Cite this

Qlarify Labs. (2026). The ML Test Score: A Rubric for ML Production Readiness and Technical Debt Reduction. Retrieved from https://labs.qlarify.fi/references/ml-test-score-2017