Detailed task list

Assignment

Generate a google doc of goals that your team aims to accomplish this semester and delegate tasks within that list. Set deadlines for these tasks and copy and paste the tasks to your team calendar. The document for your team is available on the AguaClara google account ( username and password ). You will probably want to work off of the list of challenges already created, but make sure all tasks are divided into individual steps. Add your team's member's names to the top of the list and use a color coding system to designate tasks. This needs to be a comprehensive and detailed plan, and it needs to show what projects (big or small) the team plans to take on.

Changes to the list during the semester should also be addressed in weekly meeting minutes so that we can keep track of why things changed. We don't want to retrace our steps if someone tried something and it didn't work. Together the detailed task list and the meeting minutes should be detailed enough to give Monroe a good idea of who's working on what.

Specific Guidelines for Research Teams

The detailed task list should include two sections: previous research and detailed tasks.

The previous research section should include a summary of your team's past research. Only include important or crucial graphs/pictures and conclusions. Do not analyze the data, rather include links to pages that do.

The detailed task list is a list of tasks that your team would hope to accomplish throughout the semester. However, there should be particular emphasis on how you plan to achieve these tasks experimentally or through design. Write out a detailed research plan under each task, identify variables, include links to pages that describe experimental design and procedures. Basically, each detailed task should be detailed enough so that each person on your team can read it and would be able to replicate to some degree in the lab what you set out to do.

Grading

The detailed task lists will be turned in as a first draft and teams will undergo a brief editing process with Monroe. Teams will then post their final task lists on the wiki as their semester goals.

For full credit it is expected that the first draft is thoughtful and adheres to all of the guidelines above, especially with regard to the literature search. The final posted semester goals must be on time and they must show that the edits were addressed from the rough draft.