This document helps you identify and schedule the tasks you require to produce an A+ assignment for an undergraduate university assignment. A project management framework is illustrated.

Allocating your time
In general, you need to allocate your time in three roughly equal parts which together form ten distinct phases of work:
 The start up, planning, first draft, and layout phases (4 phases)
 The investigation/research and figures-graphics phases (2 phases)
 The enhancement, proof reading, document integration and submission phases (4 phases)

The document provides a detailed Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) (checklist) of the task required to place yourself in a strong position for achieving an A+ grade for an assignment.

Some adaptations and extensions need to be made for more advanced work, such as a research report, or a postgraduate assignment.

One should add an eleventh phase: learning from the feedback from the assignment assessor as a basis for future assignments!

Developed from a conversation and between Lisa Emerson and Peter Mellalieu with students at Massey University, New Zealand, circa 2000.