Phases of Study

Research methods as a means to provide better practices for the research team

Over the years, we have documented the best practices and study patterns over our creative processes to further help the research team. These practices were gathered throughout the past projects we have performed and can be summarized in the following phases:

	Phase	Objective	Days
1	Define	Understand the object of study	1-3
2	Review	Select technologies from our database (TDB)	2-5
3	Explore	Add new technologies into the database (TDB)	2-14
4	Refine	Eliminate redundancies between technologies	1-4
5	Describe	Update and create new technology descriptions	10-20
6	Analyze	Rate technologies according to our lenses and metrics	10-20
7	Cluster	Divide technologies into movements	2-4
8	Narrate	Create a compelling storytelling	4-10
9	Proofreading	Review all content for publication	7-15

The length of these phases depends largely on which type of study we will be developing. Prior to every project, our Head of Operations together with the Head of Research will create a timeframe using Flow, adding not only the specific roadmap of each phase but also tasks and deadlines for each one of our teammates.

Researcher Task: Plan Ahead Read the guidelines on how to use flow. Check your assigned tasks and plan future meetings prior to the start of the project.