{"product_id":"the-forward-deployed-engineer-operating-christopher-y-jones-9798188932886","title":"The Forward Deployed Engineer Operating System: A Technical Field Guide to Forward Deployed Engineering for Enterprise AI","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive operating system for turning ambiguous enterprise AI ideas into durable, production-grade systems.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost AI projects die between the demo and real production. The FDE Operating System closes that gap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for Forward Deployed Engineers, Applied AI Engineers, AI Solutions Architects, AI Platform Engineers, and Technical Deployment Leads, this book delivers the complete end-to-end lifecycle of enterprise AI deployment-from discovery and scoping through production-shaped prototypes, agentic architectures, evaluation gates, security, rollout, adoption, and durable handover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will master: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe FDE ownership boundary and lifecycle gate model that prevent \"works in demo, fails in production\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHypothesis-driven discovery and stakeholder mapping that uncover the real enterprise problem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOutcome trees for scoping value and stopping scope creep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnterprise data inventory, data contracts, and semantic layers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilding the first production-shaped prototype (the walking skeleton) with monorepo standards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecision rules for agentic AI vs deterministic workflows, tool contracts, and typed capabilities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvaluation engineering with risk-based coverage and failure taxonomies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThreat modeling the complete AI system (not just the model), prompt injection defenses, and responsible AI controls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction infrastructure, environment strategy, infrastructure-as-code, and CI\/CD for AI applications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePilot cohort design, adoption metrics, and workflow change management\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandover, platformization, code ownership transfer, and scaling the FDE organization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the book, the Meridian Bank AI fraud assistant case study shows every practice in a real regulated enterprise setting. Companion implementations, typed lifecycle models, test plans, and reproducible commands turn concepts into immediately usable engineering assets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you are embedding inside a Fortune 500 client, building an internal AI platform, or preparing for Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI Engineer, or AI Solutions Architect roles, this is the practical operating system that moves AI from experiment to owned, measurable, production impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStop shipping demos. Start shipping systems that survive contact with production.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Y. Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798188932886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 7.44w x 1.47d","brand":"Christopher Y. Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097596076287,"sku":"9798188932886","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-forward-deployed-engineer-operating-christopher-y-jones-9798188932886","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}