FDE Advisory Materials

Documentation site for Forward Deployed Engineering advisory materials.

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About

This repository contains practical guidance for organizations building Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) capabilities. The documentation covers three critical areas:

1. Hiring & Talent Strategy - How to hire and evaluate FDEs
2. Product-FDE Interface - Managing FDE-Product team relationships
3. Technical Enablement - Minimum standards for FDE-ready products
4. FDE Operating Models - How to run the day-to-day of an FDE function

Development

This site is built with MkDocs Material.

Local Development

# Install dependencies (requires uv)
uv sync

# Serve locally
uv run mkdocs serve

# Build static site
uv run mkdocs build

Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000 to preview the site locally.

Project Structure

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├── docs/                    # Documentation source files
│   ├── index.md            # Homepage
│   ├── 00-fde-startup-kit.md
│   ├── 01-hiring-talent-strategy.md
│   ├── 02-product-fde-interface.md
│   ├── 03-technical-enablement.md
│   ├── resources/          # Template files
│   └── ...
├── mkdocs.yml              # MkDocs configuration
└── pyproject.toml          # Python dependencies

Contributing

All documentation files are located in the docs/ directory. To contribute:

1. Edit markdown files in docs/
2. Test locally with uv run mkdocs serve
3. Submit a pull request

See docs/CLAUDE.md for detailed contribution guidelines.

Deployment

The site automatically deploys to GitHub Pages when changes are pushed to the main branch. The deployment is handled by GitHub Actions (see .github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml).

Version

Current Version: 1.4.0 Last Updated: March 7, 2026

See docs/CHANGELOG.md for version history.