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Purpose: establish what was actually agreed before deciding whether the engagement succeeded.
Baseline: signed/approved brief and version [ ]; objectives [ ]; audience/tasks [ ]; deliverables [ ]; exclusions [ ]; approval roles [ ]; original due dates [ ]; changes authorized during the project [ ]. Put private contract details in the appropriate restricted record.
Comparison register: original requirement | final artifact/version | relevant check | result/evidence category | gap or qualification | owner. Distinguish delivery, approval, ability to use the artifact, and downstream business results. A received folder does not establish usability or audience effectiveness.
Separate the designer's output from supplier manufacture, publication, or a client-controlled task. If final delivery carries a production hold, state the precise boundary and the person who must resolve it. Do not call an unfinished dependent task a completed outcome.
Requirement changes: source/date | authorized decision | reason | effect on time/outputs | acknowledgement. An informal request is not automatically an agreed scope expansion; confirm the actual record and do not invent contract terms.
What met the brief: requirement and evidence [ ]. What missed or remains unproven: [ ]. Which goal was never measured: [ ]. Preserve the successful elements rather than converting the whole review into a list of complaints.
Review scope and participants: voices present [ ]; missing receiving/user/supplier perspective [ ]; whether recollections were checked against contemporaneous records [ ]; redaction and sharing rights [ ]. Label every fictional or reconstructed record.
Decision: engagement delivered within the defined boundary / revise a named item / resolve a dependency / evidence missing. Keep commercial, creative, and operational outcomes distinct.

Your decision
Which original objective was met or missed?
My answer: [ ]
Source and date: [ ]
Still to check: [ ]
Next action, owner, and due date: [ ]

Before you start
- Original brief: [Source or notes]
- Milestone record: [Source or notes]
- Delivery feedback: [Source or notes]

What you will make
A project review translated into practical rules for the next brief.