MASTER Risk Model - Learning Resources - Situation

Operations

Identify one recurring study or project task you could automate this week—free up time for deeper work.

Check your daily routine—what’s one unnecessary step you can cut to save time?

Revisit your checklist—update or shorten one that’s outdated or overcomplicated.

Ask a peer: “What’s one process that slows you down more than it should?”

Time one routine activity (e.g., citations, admin)—can you complete it faster with a template?

Review your backlog—delete or archive anything older than 30 days that no longer matters.

Decision-making

Identify one decision you’ve been delaying—write down the risk of not deciding, then move forward.

Use a simple “Yes / No / Later” filter to triage your pending choices.

Revisit a recent small choice—was it made with clarity, or by default? What would you do differently?

Write three criteria that define a “good decision” for your student role.

Ask a peer to sanity-check one choice you’re overthinking—get quick input.

Block 15 minutes to review a past misstep—what choice could have changed the outcome?

Structure

Sketch a quick map of your current project roles—are responsibilities clear and balanced?

Identify one unclear role in your project—clarify who owns what today.

Review your group’s goal-setting format—does it match how accountability really works?

Update one project task list to reflect what’s really required today.

Check whether everyone knows who to report to in your group—ask one direct question.

Define in one sentence the core purpose of your program—does it match your daily work?

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