Brief, clarify, deliver,approve

No more context lost between rounds.

The usual mess

The brief lives in one place, questions happen in another, and revision notes in a third. Staff open the wrong version. The coordinator answers the same clarifying question twice.

Each round starts from scratch because context doesn't travel with the task. Last week's decisions sit in a buried thread. This week's delivery misses a constraint nobody remembered to paste forward.

Benefits

Brief stays visible

Staff see the original brief and any added context at every stage.

Clarification without derailing

Loop back for more info without leaving the map. Pick up where you left off.

Revision with feedback attached

Evaluation notes travel with the task, not in a separate thread.

How this map helps

Staff always have the full brief and any added context in front of them. Clarification happens inside the map, not in a parallel thread. Revision feedback travels with the task so each round builds on the last instead of starting from scratch.

  1. CoordinatorWrites the task brief and assigns the work.

  2. StaffReviews the brief and determines whether enough information has been provided.

  3. StaffIf anything is unclear, requests additional context. Once everything is clear, completes and submits the task.

  4. CoordinatorReviews the submission and either approves it or requests revisions until it meets expectations.

  5. CoordinatorTracks completed tasks on the shared sheet. Once approved, everyone involved is notified that the work has been completed.

Roles

Coordinator

Briefs, supplies context, evaluates, approves or sends back

Staff

Reviews brief, asks questions, delivers, iterates on revision

What it is

Brief, clarify, deliver, approve — on one map. The brief doesn't live in a doc, the questions in a chat, and the revision notes in a third place. When the round comes back, the context is still attached to the task, so nobody has to reconstruct last week's conversation from memory.

Who is this for

For coordinators who delegate work and need the brief, questions, and approvals in one place:

  • Managers who want to delegate with more confidence.
  • New or growing teams still building communication habits.
  • Teams where briefs are often incomplete or deliverables miss the brief.

When to use it

Open this map when you are briefing a task and context usually splits across tools.

  • The brief, questions and revision notes live in three different places.
  • Each revision round starts from scratch.
  • You need a clear approve-or-send-back gate on the same map.
Task delegation map in the Eddy builder