DEXLab · SBE · Maastricht · 26/’27

Plan your experiment, backwards.

A DEXLab tool

A personalised timeline for Master thesis students and PhD researchers running studies at the DEXLab. Enter your role, block period, and deadline — get every milestone, deadline, and lab booking step laid out for you.

6 Phases, start to defense
22 Auto-generated milestones
.ics Export to your calendar
Experiment timeline
12 weeks
Before SONA
wk 1-2
SONA Setup
wk 3
Before Experiment
wk 4-5
Data Collection
wk 6-8
Analysis & Writing
wk 9-11
Revision & Defense
wk 12
Week 1Ethics & prep
Week 6Data collection starts
Week 12Thesis deadline
01
Backwards-plan
Set your data-collection date and get every upstream deadline auto-calculated.
02
Lab booking calc
Enter your design and get a day-by-day timetable with slot counts and lunch breaks.
03
Calendar export
Download an .ics file or add milestones to Google Calendar in one click.
04
Share & updates
Generate a shareable link. Re-open it anytime to check off tasks and shift dates.
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Set up your plan

Answer a few questions and we’ll generate your timeline.

01 Role
02 Schedule
03 Details
04 Generate
Choose your role
Your role determines which milestones appear — PhD researchers get additional steps for ethics applications and pre-registration.
Thesis track
Master Student
Standard milestones for SONA, lab booking, and data collection.
Doctoral track
PhD Researcher
Additional steps for ethics applications, pre-registration, and open science.
Pick your schedule
Choose a block period or custom start date for data collection.
Study details
Optional info to personalize your plan.

Adds a button to send your supervisor a progress update with one click.

Estimate lab days — recommended ▼

A quick ballpark of how many lab days you’ll need — just four questions. Leave any blank if you don’t know yet and a sensible default is used.

Experiment setup

Assumes a standard lab schedule (50% show-up, 9:00–17:00, 30 min lunch). Fine-tune show-up rate, lab hours, blocked slots and more in the full Lab Timetable Calculator on the Lab & Booking tab after generating your plan.

Ready to generate
Review your choices, then generate your personalised experiment plan.
Your plan

Untitled study

Key dates

Status

Schedule tools

Move data collection by N days — downstream milestones follow.

    Your Custom Milestones

    Add ad-hoc items (extra meetings, unplanned delays, supervisor calls, etc.). They appear in the timeline and checklist alongside the standard milestones.

    Lab Timetable Calculator how many lab days to book ▼

    How many participants do you need? How many lab days should you book? Fill this in before you open SONA slots and book the lab — the results feed your plan and the booking summary below.

    Book the DEXLab & Equipment

    The lab room and equipment must be booked separately via Resource Booker. Submit your bookings at least 2 days in advance so the DEXLab Manager can approve them.

    Open Resource Booker →
    This is an internal DEXLab planning tool. No rights can be derived from the suggested deadlines. Always align with your supervisor on actual timelines and requirements.