Do It Right! A Methodology for Successful NLP System Development

Olga V. Patterson; Brett South; T. Elizabeth Workman; Scott L DuVall

Do It Right! A Methodology for Successful NLP System Development

Computation and Language 2026-07-06 v1 Artificial Intelligence

Authors: Olga V. Patterson , Brett South , T. Elizabeth Workman , Scott L DuVall

Abstract

Natural language processing (NLP) is a common method for supplying data to clinical research and decision making by extracting information from electronic medical records. Numerous textbooks and tutorials describe specific algorithms and applications for text processing, yet algorithmic knowledge is only one ingredient of a successful NLP project. Drawing on the available literature, this paper presents a stepwise approach that applies the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to projects that rely on data extraction through language processing.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.05644,
  title  = {Do It Right! A Methodology for Successful NLP System Development},
  author = {Olga V. Patterson and Brett South and T. Elizabeth Workman and Scott L DuVall},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.05644},
  year   = {2026}
}

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