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    Asset SLA

    A documented deadline for when each release-pack artifact (transcript, chapters, social posts, etc.) is owed by which team member.

    Service-level agreement, applied internally to release-pack artifacts rather than externally to customers. For each release, every artifact (transcript, chapter markers, show notes, social cuts, web page) has a named owner, a deadline reverse-engineered from publish moment, and a defined consequence when missed. Studios that operate by asset SLA ship 30–50% more on time than studios that operate by 'whenever it's ready'.

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    Release train

    A fixed-cadence pipeline that moves episodes from edit-done to publish on a predictable schedule across multiple shows.

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    Handoff

    A scheduled transfer of responsibility for an in-flight episode artifact from one team member to another.

    This term is part of the EpisodeOps Operations Reference — a vocabulary for podcast operators (production managers, agency owners, network ops leads). For the broader picture, read the podcast-operations manifesto.

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