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Forward-deployed engineers or an in-house project: how each starts, runs, and ends.
Articles in Engagements
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Choosing between forward-deployed and a project
The choice turns on one question: is the work understood well enough to describe, or does someone have to go and learn it? A practical guide to picking the engagement form.
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- Engagements
How an engagement ends
An engagement ends when the statement of done is true, the version is published on the customer's appliance, and the people who run it can change it without the engineers in the room.
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- Engagements
Naming what done means
Before anything is built, the practice and the customer agree on a plain statement of what should be true when the work is finished. That statement shapes the scope, the build, and the handoff.
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- Engagements
How an engagement starts
An engagement begins with a conversation about what should be true when the work is done, a look at the posture the site already has, and a scope that names the materials, approvals, and systems involved.
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Two ways an engagement can run
E31 Consulting works in two forms: forward-deployed engineers who join the team on site, or an in-house project scoped to an outcome and handed back running on the customer's appliance.
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