Solo business operations
Outsourcing Checklist for Solo Businesses: Deliverables, Revisions, and Deadlines
A checklist for defining deliverables, approval, revision scope, access rights, and completion before outsourced work begins.
Define final and interim deliverables visibly
Replace broad labels such as design work with screen count, file format, dimensions, source-file delivery, and examples. Define interim reviews and the approver for each stage.
Define revision scope, not only revision count
A copy edit and a complete concept change are not the same revision. Define included changes, what counts as new scope, the feedback format and deadline, and one person who consolidates comments.
Plan access rights and revocation after completion
Do not share a common password. Issue a separate least-privilege account and agree on secret transfer, backup responsibility, ownership, and the list of access to revoke on the end date.
Start with OfficialMail
Start operating with one official primary mailbox.
Use one primary mailbox as your company's official address and review every domain-connection value directly in the mailbox.