Build your production crew scheduler.

How to build your production crew scheduler

1. 1

   Describe the job

   Plan crew availability and call times without confusing requests with confirmed assignments.

2. 2

   Review the first version

   Choose how the production coordinator records the production day and how the department lead reviews the next step.

3. 3

   Refine the views

   Ask First to adjust the fields and views for the people who will use the app.

4. 4

   Test before sharing

   Walk through the process with a sample record and check who owns the next action.

What to include in your production crew scheduler

• Keep the production day in context

  Keep production day, call time, department, crew member, availability and confirmed assignment together so the next person can understand the request or record.

• When the next step needs a decision

  A camera assistant is requested on two overlapping production days. Keep both requests proposed until the coordinator resolves the clash; accepting one assignment must not confirm the other.

• Keep confirmed assignment visible

  Resolve the overlapping call before confirming either affected crew assignment.

• Choose what each person needs

  Give the production coordinator a working view and the department lead a review view. Keep production day and call time attached to the decision as the work moves between them.