COMPUTATIONAL PROJECT PLAN

Copy this template and keep the fields useful for your project.
Complete it before coding; revise it as your understanding develops.

Project title:
Author(s):
Date / revision:

1. PHYSICAL QUESTION AND OBJECTIVE
What system and regime will be studied?
What specific question should the calculation answer?
What quantities or plots will provide the answer?
What accuracy is needed for the intended conclusion?

2. EXISTING KNOWLEDGE AND SCOPE
Relevant theory, measurements, or earlier work:
Known reference cases and their sources:
What is included, simplified, or omitted?

3. MATHEMATICAL MODEL
Governing equations and physical assumptions:
Variables, parameters, units, and coordinate/sign conventions:
Initial conditions, boundary conditions, and constraints:
Expected scales or dimensionless parameters:

4. COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH
Numerical method or library, with reason for the choice:
Resolution, tolerance, sampling, or stopping controls:
Main tasks/modules and the data passed between them:
Smallest useful first calculation:
Expected time, memory, and storage needs:

5. PLANNED CHECKS
Implementation checks (inputs, units, indexing, interfaces):
Verification: exact/reference solution, numerical refinement,
    conservation, symmetry, or other checks of equation solving:
Validation: physical measurements/comparisons, their uncertainties,
    and the conditions under which agreement will be assessed:
Checks that cannot yet be made:

6. OUTPUT AND NEXT ACTIONS
Data and figures to save, including units and column definitions:
Parameters to vary, with the purpose of each comparison:
First development steps:
Open questions or decisions to revisit: