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Plan
By Phase By Day Calendar

August 2026

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
24 Day 1
Launch
🐾 Shelter Stories Kickoff Panel
25 Day 2
📘 Animal Safety and Adoption Text Study
26 Day 3
🗺️ Shelter Visit Observation Log

September 2026

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
31 Day 4
🎯 Criteria and Constraints Mini Lab
1 Day 5
💬 Interview Questions and Contact Roles
2 Day 6
🧠 Adoption Event Idea Sprint
7 Day 7
📝 Problem Statement Draft Board
8 Day 8
🎨 Outreach Prototype Thumbnails
9 Day 9
🔁 Mentor Feedback on Thumbnails
14 Day 10
📄 Launch Research Brief Checkpoint
15 Day 11
📈 Progress Report and Next Steps
16 Day 12
Research & Listen
🎙️ Shelter Interview Protocol Workshop
21 Day 13
🦺 Animal Safety Field Notes Clinic
22 Day 14
📋 Community Listening Logistics Plan
23 Day 15
🐾 Shelter Staff Listening Visit
28 Day 16
29 Day 17
🗣️ Resident Adoption Barrier Interviews
30 Day 18

October 2026

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
5 Day 19
📚 Research Synthesis on Adoption Outreach
6 Day 20
7 Day 21
🧩 Evidence Clustering With Affinity Notes
12 Day 22
13 Day 23
⚖️ Event Constraints Analysis Board
14 Day 24
19 Day 25
📝 User Research Brief Draft
20 Day 26
🔁 Brief Feedback Round
21 Day 27
👥 Mentor and Partner Research Critique
26 Day 28
27 Day 29
✅ Research Brief Milestone Conference
28 Day 30
Make Empathy Map
🧭 Shelter Stakeholder Pattern Sort

November 2026

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
2 Day 31
📝 Empathy Map Moves
3 Day 32
🐾 Adopter Journey Risk Map
4 Day 33
🗂️ Individual Empathy Map Draft
9 Day 34
10 Day 35
💬 Two-Peer Critique on Maps
11 Day 36
⚖️ Event Constraint Evidence Grid
16 Day 37
17 Day 38
🔍 Assumption Check Tracker
18 Day 39
23 Day 40
🎙️ Shelter Staff Sense Check
24 Day 41
25 Day 42
🔁 Revised Map and Evidence Notes

December 2026

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
30 Day 43
1 Day 44
2 Day 45
📌 Problem Framing Conference
7 Day 46
8 Day 47
Define Design Brief
🧭 How Might We Studio
9 Day 48
📚 Shelter Messaging Mentor Texts
14 Day 49
⚖️ Animal Safety Constraints Lab
15 Day 50
🗂️ Insight Clusters to Problem Statements
16 Day 51
🎯 Design Brief Metrics Workshop
21 Day 52
📝 Design Brief Draft
22 Day 53
23 Day 54
🤝 Mentor Check-In Conference
28 Day 55
💬 Brief Feedback Carousel
29 Day 56
30 Day 57
📞 Shelter Staff Design Review

January 2027

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
4 Day 58
5 Day 59
🔁 Revision Sprint and Change Log
6 Day 60
11 Day 61
🧪 Outreach Directions Sketch Set
12 Day 62
13 Day 63
✅ Design Brief Milestone Review
18 Day 64
Prototype & Test
🚀 Adoption Event Prototype Sprint
19 Day 65
🧭 Outreach Concepts and Tradeoffs
20 Day 66
🎨 Messaging Models for Adoption Campaigns
25 Day 67
💡 Three Event Directions
26 Day 68
🛠️ Flyer and Booth Mockups
27 Day 69

February 2027

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
1 Day 70
🗣️ Peer Critique on Safety Messaging
2 Day 71
🔁 Revised Outreach Prototype Draft
3 Day 72
📋 User Testing Interview Protocols
8 Day 73
🏠 Shelter Partner Feedback Round
9 Day 74
10 Day 75
📊 Feedback Pattern Sort
15 Day 76
✍️ Problem Statement and Test Plan
16 Day 77
🔍 Mentor Check-In Revisions
17 Day 78
22 Day 79
23 Day 80
✅ Prototype Evidence Review
24 Day 81
Refine & Present
🧭 Feedback-to-Revision Decision Matrix

March 2027

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
1 Day 82
🛡️ Animal Safety Message Check
2 Day 83
📊 Tradeoff Evidence Storyboard
3 Day 84
🛠️ Revision Sprint One
8 Day 85
9 Day 86
🗣️ Two-Peer Critique Protocol
10 Day 87
15 Day 88
🤝 Shelter Stakeholder Validation
16 Day 89
17 Day 90
🔁 Revision Sprint Two
22 Day 91
23 Day 92
📁 Iteration Portfolio Checkpoint
24 Day 93
29 Day 94
🎤 Showcase Deck Build
30 Day 95
31 Day 96
🎯 Evidence-Based Presentation Rehearsal

April 2027

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
5 Day 97
📝 Activism Growth Progress Report
6 Day 98
Showcase
🎤 Shelter Event Storyboard Run
7 Day 99
📊 Adoption Impact Data Wall
12 Day 100
🖼️ Outreach Portfolio Curation
13 Day 101
🗣️ Peer Critique on Event Displays
14 Day 102
🧭 Mentor Notes Revision Sprint
19 Day 103
🎙️ Family Showcase Rehearsal
20 Day 104
🤝 Community Adoption Showcase
21 Day 105
📝 Audience Feedback Synthesis Memo
26 Day 106
📁 Final Pathway Project Defense
27 Day 107
🌱 Activism Growth Reflection
28 Day 108