Purpose
1.2. Ensure critical production milestones (set building, script finalization, costume fittings, tech runs) are not missed by automating alerts.
1.3. Reduce the procedural bottlenecks in collaborative workflow by scheduling automated reminders at optimal cadence.
1.4. Support enhanced internal team collaboration through automated, customized, and multi-channel notifications targeted to roles and dependencies.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Manual assignment of tasks with preset deadline triggers for automated follow-ups.
2.3. Receipt of updated production calendars that automatedly update notification timelines.
2.4. Integration triggers from rehearsal attendance, checklists, or delivery status of production assets.
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: “Event Reminders” API; configure automated, role-specific notifications for event attendees.
3.2. Slack
• Feature/Setting: “Reminders” API or Slackbot; automate direct and channel reminder messages for scheduled tasks.
3.3. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: “Programmable SMS”; send automated deadline notifications to team via SMS using scheduled workflow.
3.4. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: “Scheduled Flow” via Teams or Power Automate integration; configure automated team, group, or user reminders.
3.5. Outlook/Office 365
• Feature/Setting: “Calendar Event Reminder” API; automate deadline notifications with calendar event hooks for team members.
3.6. Asana
• Feature/Setting: “Task Reminder” automation; configure auto-reminders for task due dates within theater project boards.
3.7. Trello
• Feature/Setting: “Due Date Reminder” Power-Up; automatedly sends notifications about card due dates approaching.
3.8. Jira
• Feature/Setting: “Issue Reminders” automation rule; automate deadline notifications on tickets and sprints.
3.9. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: “Date Arrives” automation; automate reminders based on scheduled milestone dates.
3.10. Notion
• Feature/Setting: “Reminder” database property; set up automated reminders for production deliverables.
3.11. Todoist
• Feature/Setting: “Task Reminder”; automate notification scheduling for production team to stay on track with deadlines.
3.12. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: “Email Scheduling API”; automate batch or role-specific email reminders before key production dates.
3.13. Zendesk
• Feature/Setting: “Trigger Automation”; notify internal teams of production deadlines through automated alerts.
3.14. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: “Automation Reminder” for date fields; send automated notifications on record due dates.
3.15. Calendly
• Feature/Setting: “Event Reminder” webhook; automated scheduling of email/SMS reminders before events.
3.16. Discord
• Feature/Setting: “Scheduled Event Reminder” via bot API; automate alerting team channels to production milestones.
3.17. Basecamp
• Feature/Setting: “To-do Reminders”; automate reminders related to project tasks and lists.
3.18. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: “Schedule by Zapier”; configure automated workflow to send reminders based on calendar or CRM dates.
3.19. ClickUp
• Feature/Setting: “Automations”→“When due date arrives, send reminder”; target users or teams.
3.20. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: “Task Reminder Workflow”; automate notifications for marketing/production deadlines.
3.21. Wrike
• Feature/Setting: “Custom Reminders” for tasks/stages; automate follow-ups for overdue or upcoming items.
3.22. Facebook Workplace
• Feature/Setting: “Bot Notifications API”; automate reminders for group events and project deadlines.
Benefits
4.2. Ensures all relevant team members are consistently notified, no dependency on individual follow-ups.
4.3. Frees production managers from repetitive reminder tasks through complete automation.
4.4. Enables multichannel, role-based, and escalated notifications to fit the collaborative structure.
4.5. Promotes accountability by automating traceable communication about all critical deadlines.