LO4: Production Schedule revision

20 mark question

• Intro- define the planning document. This is why it is an effective document (2-3 sentences)

Strengths - good layout, links to the brief throughout

Improvements - add conclusion, 2 or more ineffective comments (tasks and milestones need to be clear)

Effective and ineffective features- include examples based on the brief for ALL 

• Allows the team to be organised in regards to tasks as they are written in chronological order, order of completion
• Working document therefore it can be edited and adapted, in regards to contingancies, at anytime throughout planning and production
• Key staff within the company have allocated roles (coder is to code in the graphics/create thesitemap)
• The milestones would be allocated to each task. Has a domino effect on tasks that are not completed to the milestones and tasks that follow. This has a negative effect on the launch date. 
• Room for collaborations between team members. 
• Tasks, job roles and milestones must be clear
• Can be made and viewed by ALL members of the team as it is easy to create and this will benefit the team as they can use the production schedule to organise and plan for their job roles.
• Milestones need to be realistice and factor in contingency time.
• Production schedule doesnt consider legal and ethical issues, this is because it is not something that needs to be recorded but done as it goes along. This is something that the job roles would do such as the graphic designer and researcher targeting ethical issues. Some legal issues can be addressed such as permissions from models. 
• Wouldn't show a production schedule to a client. This is more for "in house staff" to be organised.Instead you would show them pre-production documents which illustrate design ideas. (visualisation diagrams, storyboard, sitemap). Needs to be supported with design documents. 
• Tasks and milestones beed ti ve soecific and clear.

"To conclude, a ..., is effective because overall it mas more effective features when planning a ... than inneffective features."

Examples that can be used for ANY scenario

• Extra time owing to copyright permissions- waiting for it so could delay the production 
• Client feedback or negative audience feedback from questionairres or focus groups could delay the production