Everyday AI · Module 6

Build a table with a clear meaning

Suggested time: 6 minutes.

A row is one record. For this module, one row represents one distinct agreed task, not one person, sentence or meeting mention. A column records the same kind of information for every row.

Use these fields:

• Task ID: A stable label, such as W01, that helps match repeated mentions. Keep leading zeros.
• Action: The agreed work, expressed with a clear verb.
• Owner: The person explicitly named for the work; write “Not provided” when absent.
• Due: The supplied deadline; preserve missing or unclear dates.
• Dependency: Something the task relies on. “None recorded” means the notes list none; it does not prove that none exists.
• Original status: The status exactly as recorded, so a reviewer can see what changed.
• Review status: A standard label proposed under the exercise’s stated mapping.
• Source: The note or notes that support the row.

A dependency is not automatically a task’s status. W6.3 depends on a venue reply, but its blank status does not establish whether work has begun or is blocked. Keep the gap unless the source resolves it.

Worked row before standardising status

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task ID Action Owner Due Dependency Original status Review status Source --------- ------------------------------- -------------- ---------------- ------------- ----------------- --------------- -------- W03 Check room access information Not provided 5 October 2030 Venue reply [blank] Not provided W6.3

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Here “[blank]” is a display marker for a field left empty in the source, not a literal value found in the notes. “Not provided” describes the evidence gap. It does not mean “nobody owns it” or “work has not started.”

Make units visible

A number needs a meaning. “Effort: 30” could mean minutes, hours or something else. A clearer column heading is “Estimated effort in minutes,” with the number 30 beneath it.

If one source lists 30 minutes and another lists 1 hour, do not add 30 and 1 as though the units matched. Keep the originals; any conversion needs its own stated rule and check. You do not need to convert effort in this module.

Our completion calculation uses the unit tasks. It does not measure hours, money, attendees, quality or how much of the workshop is ready. A two-minute task and a two-hour task each count as one task under the rule we will use.

Quick pause: If one person owns three different tasks, how many rows belong in this register?