Forward-deployed engineering (FDE)
A way of delivering technology in which engineers work inside the customer's environment, close to the problem, and stay until the result runs.
A way of delivering technology in which engineers work inside the customer's environment, close to the problem, and stay until the result runs. The engineer owns an outcome, not a backlog.
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Forward-deployed engineering (FDE). Mayur Patil, mayurpatil.ai, updated 2026-11-01. https://mayurpatil.ai/glossary/forward-deployed-engineering/