Accepted Deliverable Rate Audit (QA)
A checklist with 8 steps: Freeze a 20-clip control set from the client's last two months of approved work.
By InnovaAI ResearchPublished
What are the steps?
Accepted Deliverable Rate Audit (QA)
- 01
Freeze a 20-clip control set from the client's last two months of approved work
Pull clips that already cleared client review so the audit measures editor output against a known-good bar rather than against taste debates.
- 02
Log baseline editor hours per accepted clip before any tooling change
Record cut, caption, color, and audio time separately for each of the 20 clips; a single blended number hides where the hours actually sit.
- 03
Re-run the same 20 clips through the candidate workflow and time each pass
Use one editor, one machine, and the same source files. Browser editors such as Kapwing and transcript-driven tools such as Descript will fail differently, so keep the brief identical across passes.
- 04
Count accepted deliverables, not rendered files
A clip that needs two correction rounds is not accepted. Track first-pass acceptance and correction rounds per clip as separate columns.
- 05
Score correction time against the baseline, not against vendor claims
The category description is explicit that the productivity result is measured change in accepted deliverables and labor, not a category-wide multiplier. Report the delta in editor hours per accepted clip.
- 06
Check format coverage against the client's actual publishing slate
Confirm the workflow handles the aspect ratios, caption languages, and delivery specs the retainer requires. Caption coverage in 123 languages matters only if the client ships in more than one.
- 07
Route the audit result to a human reviewer before it reaches the client
Fewer than half of agent-generated insights lead to meaningful action, so a named senior editor signs off on the numbers and the recommendation.
- 08
Set a 30-day recheck date and a kill criterion
Define in advance what result would end the trial, for example no improvement in first-pass acceptance after 30 days, so the decision is not renegotiated under delivery pressure.