Production Work

Production tasks record a task description, project, assigned person, due date, completion time and status. A producer can turn a project plan into specific work while the assignee sees what needs attention. Open, in progress, Review and Completed are the task’s available states. They describe the production work rather than the status of the parent project or content item.

A task is connected to Projects and People. That matters when several contributors work on the same program: the project gives context, and the assignee gives accountability. The People record also shows an assigned task count, useful for spotting a workload that needs discussion before another due date is promised.

The content producer creates and assigns work, while the editor checks items that have reached review.

• Assign the person. Every production task points to a People record.
• Use the due date. Keep upcoming work visible before its project is due.
• Close the task deliberately. Record completion after its output has been checked.

Agree what deserves a separate task and who can change an assignment. A script draft, a recording edit and a final listening check may be separate tasks if different people own them. Decide what Review means for the team and who can mark a task Completed. Bring a sample project whose content is ready but one production task still needs review; that case tests whether the team can distinguish content approval from task closure.

For a planned interview series, the producer creates an editing task and assigns it to a colleague. The due date falls ahead of the broadcast window. The assignee begins work and moves the task to in progress. Once the edit is ready, the task enters Review. The editor checks the related content version and sends any corrections to the assignee. When the work is accepted, the task is marked Completed and the completion time records when that happened.

The project owner can see the task alongside other project work. The editor can use the review list to find outstanding checks. If the content item has not yet reached Approved, closing a task should not be treated as content publication; those are separate records with separate decisions.

• Production Tasks by Due Date — Find open and reviewing tasks with assignee, project and due date.
• Tasks in Review — Check work presented for editorial review.
• Projects in Production — See how open tasks fit the project schedule.

• Content production: Move from project plan to completed work.
• Version and rights review: Check the version created by production.

Review the data model when importing outstanding tasks.