go-live support

Hands-on FDE support around launch: monitoring, triage, fixes, user help, rollback decisions, and escalation management. The FDE stays until the workflow is stable.
The FDE stayed in go-live support until the first hundred cases processed cleanly.

deployment wedge

The first narrow but valuable workflow that creates trust, proves value, and opens the door to broader deployment. Should be painful to the customer, easy to measure, and winnable.
The deployment wedge was invoice triage because it was painful and easy to measure.

VPC integration

Connecting a deployment to customer or cloud network resources through a controlled virtual private cloud — typically needed when the agent must reach internal APIs not exposed to the internet.
VPC integration was needed so the agent could reach the internal API.

implementation strategy

The plan for sequencing technical work, customer decisions, risks, rollout, and handoff so implementation reaches production efficiently.
The implementation strategy shipped read-only retrieval first and deferred automation.

deployment

The full process of making a capability work for real users in a real environment: configuration, integration, validation, launch, and support. Not done until the support team knows how to handle failures.
The FDE considered deployment unfinished until the support team knew how to handle failures.