The handoff should carry the work.

A lot of teams still treat a handoff like a heads-up instead of a transfer.

“I sent it over” sounds fine until the next person opens it and still has to ask three more questions. What is this? What changed? What do you need from me? When is it due?

That is not a real handoff. That is work that moved without enough context to keep moving.

A good handoff should tell the next person what they are looking at, what decision or action sits with them now, and what is still blocked. It should reduce follow-up, not create another round of it.

If every transfer needs a recap call, the workflow is still carrying too much in people’s heads. The work should arrive with enough structure to keep going.