# Break a project into steps: scoring guide

Turn a project description into a short list of steps with one job each, put them in an order a person can follow, say how long each takes and who does it, and check the plan against the date.

## How to use it

1. Run the template on your own material, or take an answer you already have.
2. For each criterion below, read the answer against the two lines and tick one: meets or does not meet. Quote what you saw.
3. A criterion marked "checked by you" is yours to mark. An AI cannot meet it for you.
4. Count the ticks for meets, out of 10. Fix the first criterion that is not met and run the guide again.

## The guide

### 1. Every quote is word for word from the description

A plain rule you can check by eye.

- Meets: Every quote in the table is found word for word in the description.
- Does not meet: A quote has been reworded, or is not found word for word in the description.
- Your mark: [ ] Meets  [ ] Does not meet
- What you saw:

### 2. Every step has a job and a way to see it is done

A plain rule you can check by eye.

- Meets: Every step has a job and a way to see it is done filled in.
- Does not meet: A step has a blank or a dash in the job or in the Done when cell.
- Your mark: [ ] Meets  [ ] Does not meet
- What you saw:

### 3. Every step says what it needs first

A plain rule you can check by eye.

- Meets: Every step says what it needs first, using letters, or the word Nothing.
- Does not meet: A step has a blank or a dash in the Needs first cell.
- Your mark: [ ] Meets  [ ] Does not meet
- What you saw:

### 4. Every time is one of the five allowed phrases

A plain rule you can check by eye.

- Meets: Every Time needed cell is one of under an hour, half a day, a day, a few days or a week or more.
- Does not meet: A cell has a number or other words, such as two weeks or soon.
- Your mark: [ ] Meets  [ ] Does not meet
- What you saw:

### 5. The plan ends with the reminder to check it with the people doing the work

A plain rule you can check by eye.

- Meets: The plan ends with the line Check the order and the times with the people who will do the work before you start.
- Does not meet: The line is missing or reworded.
- Your mark: [ ] Meets  [ ] Does not meet
- What you saw:

### 6. Every number in the plan is in the description

A plain rule you can check by eye.

- Meets: Every number in the plan is also in the description.
- Does not meet: A number is in the plan that the description does not give, such as a date or a cost.
- Your mark: [ ] Meets  [ ] Does not meet
- What you saw:

### 7. Each step does one job

Checked by a second AI prompt.

- Meets: Each step names one job, with no and, then or list inside it.
- Does not meet: A step joins two jobs, such as reserve the room and test the projector.
- Your mark: [ ] Meets  [ ] Does not meet
- What you saw:

### 8. No step comes before one it needs

Checked by a second AI prompt.

- Meets: No step comes before a step it needs, and every letter named in Needs first is a step in the table.
- Does not meet: A step comes before one it needs, or names a letter that is not in the table.
- Your mark: [ ] Meets  [ ] Does not meet
- What you saw:

### 9. The fit check says only what the description supports

Checked by a second AI prompt.

- Meets: The fit section uses only the hours and the date in the description, and says so when one is missing.
- Does not meet: The fit section says the plan fits, or does not, using hours or dates the description does not give.
- Your mark: [ ] Meets  [ ] Does not meet
- What you saw:

### 10. The person doing the work agrees with the order and the times

Checked by you.

- Meets: You read the plan with the person who will do the work and changed any step or time they disputed.
- Does not meet: The plan is used without the person doing the work reading it, or a disputed time is left in.
- Your mark: [ ] Meets  [ ] Does not meet
- What you saw:

## Your result

Met ___ of 10

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