Consolidated Feedback Makes All the Difference
How to reduce wasted time related to partial feedbacks.
5 Minutes
Hold all emails, combine all feedback, consolidate on your side and then send the most important comments as a singular package.
Measure twice and cut once
This might be the number one key to saving time. At the end of the day all deliverables go through a rigorous feedback process. It’s extremely important that your team sees all of it’s own feedback ideas together so that you are aware of any conflicts, missing parts, and can help communicate the entirety of your teams needs in a singular communication.
Why don’t we start working with partial feedback?
To allocate your artist’s time efficiently, it is crucial that they have all relevant feedback when they resume work on your project. Incomplete or partial feedback creates scheduling conflicts and delays, jeopardizing the project’s progress. Consolidating feedback is a requirement of our policy, ensuring that our artists are equipped with the necessary information to make changes promptly and keep your project on track.
Did you know that feedback is often contradictory?
Consolidating feedback is essential to identify and address any contradictory feedback, such as varying ideas or requirements from different teams. If feedback is received separately, it can cause delays and result in wasted time. By having all feedback in one place, we can quickly resolve any questions and ensure clear communication, saving time and ensuring project efficiency.
Moving forward with partial feedback can create additional costs
Moving forward without key feedback can lead to breaking the prescribed feedback process, resulting in the need for additional and often chargeable drafts. This can increase costs and extend timing, causing unnecessary delays. Unless under extreme time pressure, it is better to stay paused and wait for key feedback to avoid additional costs and redoing work, ensuring a successful launch.
Create a series of calendar events for each scheduled draft feedback
We advise clients to create a series of calendar events with key personnel that are needed to collect all of your feedback. That way everyone has it in their calendar and is prepared for the time it will take to review the work and consolidate all of the different views on your team.
Be ready to play hot potato!
Remember to plan for being available for us to be in contact to clarify your feedback once it’s submitted. Your Dreamlife Rep will have questions on your feedback and will need to most likely contact you via email or video call to discuss your consolidated feedback.
Remember to ask about peoples vacations, especially your own!
Somehow someone will inevitably be having a vacation in the middle of your project. Hopefully it’s you! So make sure to plan accordingly. That might mean bringing on another advisor to take that role, or understanding that your work will be paused until they return.
Pro-Tip Bottom Line
Knowing that you are going to be coordinating all related consultants for each of your drafts is half of the battle. This means you can reach out ahead of time and make calendar events and have realistic conversation with them about needing there input in a timely manner. Remember to consolidate it all and plan for vacations, especially for yours 😉