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ANIMATION-STUDIO-MANAGEMENT5 MIN READ

Build a Shot-Ready Checklist

Convert a vague handoff standard into an observable shot-ready checklist.

Layout wants to move SQ030_018 to animation, but prior handoffs have repeatedly hidden camera, frame range, and asset-version problems. Definition of Done for handoff: observable readiness checks plus explicit exceptions. The common trap is to mark a shot ready because the current department is tired of owning it. That shifts unfinished coordination work to the next department and hides the real cause of delay. Name the next team's first value task For animation, the first value task is performance work, not hunting camera versions or asking whether the frame range changed. Readiness should be judged against what the next team…

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