SANJIESAN LICENSING / Review meetings
A design review works better when each person knows their question
A review can collect many comments while leaving the decision untouched. One person discusses the illustration, another assumes the meeting is approving manufacturing, and the designer receives an undifferentiated list. Give the meeting a limited purpose and tell participants which part of the proposal they are being asked to assess. This is a practical meeting arrangement, not a substitute for the project’s formal approval process.
State the decision at the beginning
Use a sentence such as “choose which front layout to develop next”. Name the exact version and views on screen, then list the inputs needed for that decision. The person responsible for character references may check whether the proposal follows the selected approved image. A production colleague may identify missing questions without certifying a material from a rendering. Keep these contributions attached to their actual scope.
Collect observations before solutions compete
Ask participants to point to a visible relationship or a missing piece of information before prescribing a change. A title that loses priority and a required label that has no space are different observations, even if both lead to a layout revision. Record the source view with the comment. Avoid making a participant invent an answer outside their responsibility merely because everyone is waiting for an immediate verdict.
Close with a bounded result
Write what was selected, what is to be revised and who will answer each remaining question. Separate an agreed next visual study from any later production or business approval. Send a short record with the referenced views so an absent contributor can understand the result. If the meeting only clarified a missing requirement, say so; that is more useful than calling the whole proposal approved when a necessary answer is still absent.