How long for planning??

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Organization is the key to success.
Every year there's something different about the way the team is organized. Over the years, test out the best processes.
But first- you need to work on strategy: defense or offense- how to score, etc.
Then as a team come up with different ideas. The types of shooters, drive trains, etc.
Then- the team leaders (along with mentors) should get together one day decide the pros and cons of each and finalize a couple different choices (or you can have the entire team pick). Start building a couple prototypes to see how all your ideas work. Get the chassis design done ASAP.
^the planning of strategy and design should be done within the first couple days.
Then within the first 1.5 weeks test your prototypes and see what works the best for your strategy. Then finalize the designs and BUILT and get the robot to software ASAP!
Now this is only for building the actual robot, you still need to do a lot of other things such as awards, planning for competitions, marketing, etc.