Your question is Build vs Buy for Enterprise Components. Take a moment with it on the right.
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What principles do you apply when evaluating build-versus-buy decisions for enterprise software components?
Discuss how you would evaluate components in an end-to-end ML platform, such as retrieval, ranking, feature management, model serving, monitoring, or governance. Explain how you would compare strategic fit, total cost of ownership, integration effort, scalability, security, compliance, vendor risk, operational ownership, and the ability to customize. Address how the decision changes between a core differentiating capability and a commodity platform service. Include your approach to proof-of-concept validation, production evaluation, exit planning, and ongoing review.