The pipeline from brief to delivery.
WHAT A DEFINED WORKFLOW PROVIDES
Consistency Fewer forgotten steps Work that can be handed to others Accurate estimation
WHAT THE STAGES TYPICALLY ARE
Brief and agreement Planning Production Ingest and backup Edit Review Revision Finish and export Delivery Archive
WHAT TO STANDARDISE
Folder structure per project Naming Export settings Delivery checklist
WHY EXPORT SETTINGS SPECIFICALLY
They are where errors repeat, and a saved preset eliminates them.
WHAT A CHECKLIST SHOULD COVER
Everything that has ever gone wrong.
HOW TO BUILD ONE
Add an item each time something is missed.
WHAT TO AUTOMATE
Backup on ingest Proxy generation Export presets Watermarking of review copies
WHAT TO TRACK PER PROJECT
Time at each stage Number of revisions Whether it was profitable
WHAT THAT REVEALS
Where time actually goes, which is rarely where you assume.
WHAT TO REVIEW PERIODICALLY
The workflow itself.
WHAT TO REMOVE
Steps that no longer earn their time.
