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October 2026

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
19 Day 1
Launch
🐾 Shelter Stories Kickoff Panel
20 Day 2
📘 Animal Safety and Adoption Text Study
21 Day 3
🗺️ Shelter Visit Observation Log
26 Day 4
🎯 Criteria and Constraints Mini Lab
27 Day 5
💬 Interview Questions and Contact Roles
28 Day 6
🧠 Adoption Event Idea Sprint

November 2026

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
2 Day 7
📝 Problem Statement Draft Board
3 Day 8
🎨 Outreach Prototype Thumbnails
4 Day 9
🔁 Mentor Feedback on Thumbnails
9 Day 10
📄 Launch Research Brief Checkpoint
10 Day 11
📈 Progress Report and Next Steps
11 Day 12
Research & Listen
🎙️ Shelter Interview Protocol Workshop
16 Day 13
🦺 Animal Safety Field Notes Clinic
17 Day 14
📋 Community Listening Logistics Plan
18 Day 15
🐾 Shelter Staff Listening Visit
23 Day 16
24 Day 17
🗣️ Resident Adoption Barrier Interviews
25 Day 18

December 2026

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
30 Day 19
📚 Research Synthesis on Adoption Outreach
1 Day 20
2 Day 21
🧩 Evidence Clustering With Affinity Notes
7 Day 22
8 Day 23
⚖️ Event Constraints Analysis Board
9 Day 24
14 Day 25
📝 User Research Brief Draft
15 Day 26
🔁 Brief Feedback Round
16 Day 27
👥 Mentor and Partner Research Critique
21 Day 28
22 Day 29
✅ Research Brief Milestone Conference
23 Day 30
Make Empathy Map
🧭 Shelter Stakeholder Pattern Sort
28 Day 31
📝 Empathy Map Moves
29 Day 32
🐾 Adopter Journey Risk Map
30 Day 33
🗂️ Individual Empathy Map Draft

January 2027

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
4 Day 34
5 Day 35
💬 Two-Peer Critique on Maps
6 Day 36
⚖️ Event Constraint Evidence Grid
11 Day 37
12 Day 38
🔍 Assumption Check Tracker
13 Day 39
18 Day 40
🎙️ Shelter Staff Sense Check
19 Day 41
20 Day 42
🔁 Revised Map and Evidence Notes
25 Day 43
26 Day 44
27 Day 45
📌 Problem Framing Conference

February 2027

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
1 Day 46
2 Day 47
Define Design Brief
🧭 How Might We Studio
3 Day 48
📚 Shelter Messaging Mentor Texts
8 Day 49
⚖️ Animal Safety Constraints Lab
9 Day 50
🗂️ Insight Clusters to Problem Statements
10 Day 51
🎯 Design Brief Metrics Workshop
15 Day 52
📝 Design Brief Draft
16 Day 53
17 Day 54
🤝 Mentor Check-In Conference
22 Day 55
💬 Brief Feedback Carousel
23 Day 56
24 Day 57
📞 Shelter Staff Design Review

March 2027

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
1 Day 58
2 Day 59
🔁 Revision Sprint and Change Log
3 Day 60
8 Day 61
🧪 Outreach Directions Sketch Set
9 Day 62
10 Day 63
✅ Design Brief Milestone Review
15 Day 64
Prototype & Test
🚀 Adoption Event Prototype Sprint
16 Day 65
🧭 Outreach Concepts and Tradeoffs
17 Day 66
🎨 Messaging Models for Adoption Campaigns
22 Day 67
💡 Three Event Directions
23 Day 68
🛠️ Flyer and Booth Mockups
24 Day 69
29 Day 70
🗣️ Peer Critique on Safety Messaging
30 Day 71
🔁 Revised Outreach Prototype Draft
31 Day 72
📋 User Testing Interview Protocols

April 2027

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
5 Day 73
🏠 Shelter Partner Feedback Round
6 Day 74
7 Day 75
📊 Feedback Pattern Sort
12 Day 76
✍️ Problem Statement and Test Plan
13 Day 77
🔍 Mentor Check-In Revisions
14 Day 78
19 Day 79
20 Day 80
✅ Prototype Evidence Review
21 Day 81
Refine & Present
🧭 Feedback-to-Revision Decision Matrix
26 Day 82
🛡️ Animal Safety Message Check
27 Day 83
📊 Tradeoff Evidence Storyboard
28 Day 84
🛠️ Revision Sprint One

May 2027

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
3 Day 85
4 Day 86
🗣️ Two-Peer Critique Protocol
5 Day 87
10 Day 88
🤝 Shelter Stakeholder Validation
11 Day 89
12 Day 90
🔁 Revision Sprint Two
17 Day 91
18 Day 92
📁 Iteration Portfolio Checkpoint
19 Day 93
24 Day 94
🎤 Showcase Deck Build
25 Day 95
26 Day 96
🎯 Evidence-Based Presentation Rehearsal

June 2027

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
31 Day 97
📝 Activism Growth Progress Report
1 Day 98
Showcase
🎤 Shelter Event Storyboard Run
2 Day 99
📊 Adoption Impact Data Wall
7 Day 100
🖼️ Outreach Portfolio Curation
8 Day 101
🗣️ Peer Critique on Event Displays
9 Day 102
🧭 Mentor Notes Revision Sprint
14 Day 103
🎙️ Family Showcase Rehearsal
15 Day 104
🤝 Community Adoption Showcase
16 Day 105
📝 Audience Feedback Synthesis Memo
21 Day 106
📁 Final Pathway Project Defense
22 Day 107
🌱 Activism Growth Reflection
23 Day 108