CourseAI Engineering: The Complete Course · Module 14: Professional Practice · part 103 of 105
Part 103 · Module 14: Professional Practice

Lesson 2: Cost, trade-offs and the people who decide

12 min read·13 Oct 2026
Module 14 · Lesson 2 · About 35 minutes · Needs: Module 7 Lesson 5 (cost per request); the Module 8 scorecard helps

The situation

Marta and Priya book half an hour with you. They have one question: should BrightCart route all 2,000 daily messages to the assistant?

Marta, finance What does it cost? All 2,000 a day to the assistant? Priya, support What if it is wrong? You, the engineer one set of numbers
Marta asks what it costs and Priya asks what happens when it is wrong; you answer both with one set of numbers (blue: your system).

Marta wants a monthly figure for her budget. Priya wants to know what happens to her team and customers when the assistant is wrong. This lesson turns your numbers from earlier modules into a conversation both can follow and a one-page memo they can decide on.

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