Forward-Deployed Engineering Guides

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Comparing the approachesWhat does a forward-deployed engineer actually do?A forward-deployed engineer works directly with business users and owns the changes needed to make a system work in their operation. Access to the workflow and responsibility for delivery shape the role; on-site and remote arrangements depend on the work.6 min readRead
Comparing the approachesWhat is forward-deployed engineering?Forward-deployed engineering shortens the path from observing a wrong assumption to changing the system. Direct access to the work and authority to make bounded changes are essential.7 min readRead
Comparing the approachesEmbedded engineers, an agency, contract staff, or a software licence?The four differ on who carries the risk that it never goes live and who knows the work at the end; choose by which of those risks you can afford to hold.6 min readRead
Judging the evidenceHow does an engagement with an embedded engineering team start?It starts with a conversation about the work rather than a requirements document: we look at what you do, agree what is worth building, scope it, and put engineers on it, on site where that helps.4 min readRead
Judging the evidenceWhat will the first weeks with engineers on site ask of my team?The first ask is that you walk us through the work as it actually runs, because the fastest way to build something useful is to watch the job before writing anything that claims to do it.4 min readRead
Judging the evidenceWhat happens to the system after the first version works?A working system is never finished, because the work it supports keeps changing; the question that matters is who holds the ability to keep changing it, and that can be your team, ours, or both.6 min readRead

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