DEXLab · SBE · Maastricht

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.

5 Phases, start to submit
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 9-12
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 ▼

Estimate how many lab days you need. Leave fields blank if you don’t know yet — defaults will be used. For a detailed timetable with blocked slots, use the full calculator on the Lab & Booking tab after generating your plan.

Experiment setup

Lab schedule (optional — defaults shown)

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.

    MilestonePhaseDeadlineStatus

    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 fill in before generating ▼

    How many participants do you need? How many lab days should you book? Fill this in before requesting participants on SONA and booking the lab — the results feed into your plan.

    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.