Readiness check
Start with facts, not a pitch.
A useful first conversation should establish whether the problem is consequential, accessible, and ready for an embedded delivery loop. This page helps you prepare and send only the context appropriate for an initial conversation.
Six signals
Is an FDE engagement likely to fit?
More “yes” answers mean an Embedded Build or Production Deployment may be appropriate. Gaps are not automatic failures; they often indicate that a Deployment Diagnostic should come first.
- 01Outcome
Can you name the business result or operational change—not only the technology to install?
- 02Owner
Is there a sponsor who can set priorities, resolve tradeoffs, and accept the result?
- 03Users
Can the people who perform or own the workflow participate in discovery and demonstrations?
- 04Access
Is there a credible path to representative data, systems, environments, and security review?
- 05Measure
Can the current state be observed well enough to tell whether the work created value?
- 06Window
Is there a decision, deadline, or operating need that makes focused delivery worthwhile now?
Prepare the conversation
Bring one page of context.
No polished brief is required. A few direct answers are more useful than a long deck.
- Business outcome
- What should be materially different if this succeeds?
- Current state
- How does the work happen today, and where does it break or slow down?
- People
- Who sponsors, uses, approves, secures, operates, and maintains the result?
- Evidence
- What baseline, sample data, prior work, or failure evidence is already available?
- Constraints
- What policies, systems, budgets, dates, vendors, or dependencies shape the work?
- Decision
- What decision should a first engagement make possible?
Next step
Start an FDE conversation.
Share the business outcome, current state, target date, and known constraints. Do not include confidential, regulated, personal, credential, or production data in the initial message.
Common questions
Before we talk.
Is this staff augmentation?
No. The engagement is organized around an agreed outcome, delivery loop, governance, and handoff. Collaboration with your team is central, but responsibility is broader than filling a seat.
Do we need a fully defined use case?
No. When the use case, value, workflow, data, or feasibility is still uncertain, the Deployment Diagnostic is designed to create a responsible delivery decision.
Can you work with our existing team and vendors?
Yes, when roles, decisions, access, and delivery responsibilities are explicit. The engagement should strengthen the operating system around the work, not create a parallel one.
What happens to our data?
Data handling, environments, access, retention, security responsibilities, and approved tools are defined before sensitive work begins. The public website is not a place to share sensitive information.