What "better" would look like
About 1 week· Work out how you will do it
Decided now, before the results exist, so you cannot move the goalposts later.
Where this sits
Whatever your work will be compared against: the current model, the standard interpretation, the usual practice. Without one, "better" has no meaning.
The question this stage answers: What are you compared against — and how would anyone know you beat it?
This whole block ends with: Ends when you are cleared to start collecting.