From first call to production in two weeks
A forward deployed project is built around one idea: get something real in front of the people who will use it as early as possible. This is how it runs at Saména, the agency that publishes this blog.
The first call
The call lasts 30 minutes. It is free and carries no commitment. We listen to a process that costs your team time and we agree on one place to start. We do not try to cover the whole company in the first project.
Access to your tools
You authorise access to your tools in two clicks, without a password. Saména reads SharePoint, OneDrive and Dropbox in read-only mode, on the folders you choose. Your files stay where they are and none is kept. Other tools, such as a mailbox or a business application, are connected on demand.
A first agent, two weeks after the call
The engineers build on your real documents and data, not on a sample. Two weeks after the call, a first agent runs and your team can test it. It cites its sources when it answers. It writes Word and PowerPoint files when the task calls for them.
A person validates before anything leaves
The agents prepare: replies, quotes, documents. A person in your company reads and validates before anything is sent. That rule is what lets a team trust the first version enough to use it.
Adjusting on your feedback
The first agent is a starting point. Your team uses it, tells us what is wrong or missing, and we change it. A dedicated contact follows the project and the next use cases come from what the first one showed.
What makes two weeks possible
- One use case, chosen together, instead of a broad programme.
- Real data, reachable through the access you grant.
- One person on your side who knows the process and decides what is good enough to use.
Two weeks gets you a first agent running. It does not get you the whole transformation of a company, and we do not claim it does.
Agents, and also machine learning and data
The loop is the same when the project is a classification model, a forecast or a data pipeline. Saména does that work as well: a working version on your own data, tested by the people who use it, then adjusted.
Questions
What do I need to prepare before the first call?
Nothing formal. Bring one process that costs your team time, and be ready to say where the documents or data for it are kept.
What happens after the two weeks?
The first agent keeps running while your team tests it. We adjust it on your feedback, add the next use cases, and you keep a dedicated contact.
Can an agent send mails or documents on its own?
Not at Saména. The agents prepare replies, quotes and documents, and a person in your company validates before anything is sent.
Does this work for machine learning and data projects too?
Yes. The loop is the same for a classification model or a data pipeline: a working version on your real data, tested by the people who use it, then adjusted.