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    Retro

    A short structured review of what slipped in the last release window and why, with named action items.

    Borrowed from software ops. A weekly or bi-weekly retro asks three questions: what shipped on time, what slipped, what would fix the slip? The output is 1–3 named action items with owners. Studios that retro shrink their release variance quarter over quarter. Studios that don't retro hit the same handoff failure mode repeatedly because nobody documented it.

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    Workflow

    Ops cadence

    The regular rhythm of ops-side rituals: stand-ups, release reviews, retro, sponsor-pacing reviews.

    Measurement

    Release variance

    The distance, in hours, between scheduled and actual publish time across recent releases.

    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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