The designers map the workflow an AI system will enter. They find out who can approve what the system does, who answers for its mistakes, and which steps around it need to change. The practice takes its name from forward deployed engineering (FDE), where engineers work on site at the customer.
Seven pages cover the practice
| Page | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Guide | A field guide to the practice |
| Principles | Five principles for the work |
| Patterns | Eight situations that recur in deployments |
| Artifacts | Five worksheets, each with an example |
| Roles | Two composite job descriptions and one real posting |
| Discourse | Five published positions on the practice |
| Essays | Published writing on the practice, with dates |