Guide: How do I improve my performance?

5 min

General suggestions

Ask your quality manager for help In general we suggest you to ask you quality manager for help. This as they have a lot experience and might have some good advice as well as tricks and tips up their sleeves.

Read about the annotation views and the annotation tool you are using The annotation tool is full of helpful features and settings you can use. Some are general and are described in the chapter The task view. Some are specific to the drawing tools and you can read about them under each drawing tool. 2D Drawing Tools, 3D Drawing Tools and 2D/ 3D fusion tools are great places to start.

Try some of the tips and tricks below If you want to improve on your own, we will give you some guideance on how to improve your performance using the right tools and workflows.

Decreasing the time per task, object and shape

There are two main ways of decreasing the time you spend per task, object and shape - without decreasing the quality of the annotation.

Increase you guideline understanding

By learning the guideline well you can make decisions faster and eliminate the need to stop and check the guideline or ask your QM for help. This is of course easier said than done, but with good knowledge about the basic instructions you will come a long way.

There is usually also some information about quality requirements in the guideline, which we encourage you to learn about. Learning these will help you know when you have reached sufficient quality and are ready to move on move on to the next object or frame. This helps you save time as you don't spend too much time fine-tuning already great looking objects.

Using the annotation tool more efficiently

We know that annotations take time to complete as they require precision work. With that said there are ways you can increase the speed but keep the quality high by usings features, settings and workflows described here in the user docs.

On the next page you can find a summary of features, settings and workflows you can use to increase your efficiency.Tool features, settings and workflows for efficient annotation

Making sure you find all objects and don't add unnecessary ones

Make sure you understand the definition of what to annotate and when The first thing you can do is to double check the guideline and make sure you have understood what to annotate and when.

If you can't find any clue what is causing missed or extra objects there - talk to your Quality Manager. They might know what mistakes you tend to do, or can at least help you understand what the most common misunderstandings and mistakes are in your team.

Pay extra attention to the following situations as these are where mistakes tend to happen:

Distant objects

Small objects

Occluded objects

Objects with few points (3D)

Objects extending outside of an image

Monitor your metrics on My Tasks

Your My Tasks page now shows key performance indicators at a glance:

Annotate speed — Check the speed chart to see if you're meeting the project's target annotation points per hour. Consistently falling below the target may indicate you need more familiarity with the annotation guidelines or tool features.

Correction ratio — A ratio above 10% means a significant portion of your time is spent on corrections. Focus on accuracy in your initial annotations to reduce rework.

Time allocation ratio — This shows how much of your reported time is active work. A low ratio may indicate idle time or inefficient workflows. Target: 85%.

Quality score — Hover for a breakdown into Precision, Recall, Geometry accuracy, and Property accuracy. Low scores in specific areas help you target what to improve.

Use these metrics alongside feedback from your quality manager to identify specific areas for improvement.