Yes... everything Katie said is definately recommended...
We do (or did) follow a schedule in order to keep us on track. We are definately glad we did because it allowed us to finish 2 weeks early!
Here's the online January Schedule. Dunno where Feb went, but it's enough to give you ideas.
One thing I definately have to re-inforce that Katie said, is the lack of any leaders on our team. In our team, this is actually a GOOD thing. The mentors pretty much guided us in the right direction, and kept us on track, but we did everything for the most part. We didn't really need a leader, because everyone had their own subsystem that they needed to work on. They already knew what they had to do. It also helps that everyone is such good friends, because then there isn't any tension between everyone. We all share common ground.
We very lucky to have such good mentors that we did. They showed up a lot and it really means a lot to us. It's hard to thank them enough for everything they've done for the team. These people work 8 hours a day, only to drive for another 20 minutes to our school in order to work for another 6 hours of the day. Then they take vacation time to attend MMR and the Championship Event... really great people. The thing that really makes me proud/amazes me, is that they treat us on common ground or anything. They don't act like they're above us or anything. In fact, some of them are even... well... "at our level"
One of the things that really helps a lot is not having to worry. No, I'm not talking about the "Are we going to have the robot done in time?" kind of worry (if you call that worrying)... but the type of worrying that many teams experience... the "I don't have anything to build this with" type of worrying. We are very lucky to have a machine shop, a wood shop, and power tools at our disposal. We really do take some of this for granted. There's no way to thank the biggest sponsor of our team, our school district, enough. They give us so much to use, just so that 30 students can learn about technology.