Who it is for
Different work, same problem.
Hiring
Two hundred applicants, each with a CV, a portfolio, a take-home and interview notes. Shortlist without every panel member reading all two hundred.
CVs, portfolios, recordings
Procurement
Nine vendor folders of quotes, specifications, contracts and correspondence. Compare on what is actually in the documents, with every figure traceable.
Quotes, specs, contracts
Interior design
Forty pieces from a dozen suppliers, with prices, dimensions and lead times spread across PDFs. Present a short list with the reasoning intact.
Product PDFs, moodboards
Advertising
Three hundred creative variants. Rank on hook and clarity with names hidden, so the client's favourite does not win because it is the client's.
Images, video, copy
Music and film
Takes, mixes, masters, grades. Level-matched and blind, because a take that is a decibel louder wins for reasons that have nothing to do with the take.
Audio, video, stills
Buying a house
Thirty listings with photographs, floorplans, surveys and your own notes. Decide once, properly, and keep the reasoning for the argument later.
Listings, floorplans, notes
It turns up just as often in tender and RFP evaluation, agency and supplier selection,
architecture schemes, product and UX concepts, brand identities, campaign creative, roadmap prioritisation,
investment screening, literature reviews, grant and conference refereeing, model and prompt evaluation,
dataset curation, casting, photo selects, game art, event venues, universities, job offers, cars, holidays,
and anywhere else the shortlist is too long.